The Hamilton Spectator

Trucker flees police with two children in cab

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Police say a man driving a tractortra­iler with his two children inside fled police, totalled four cars and eventually tried to run away with the kids. Daytona Beach police say Matthew Berthel, 30, initially smashed his semi into three cars on Saturday. A police report says Berthel fled that accident, but was stopped later and refused to get out of the truck. An officer saw a little girl poke her head out of the rear of the cab. Berthel fled again, driving into oncoming traffic and hitting other cars, injuring drivers. Police say Berthel crashed into a ditch and dragged the kids into some woods before police caught him.

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