Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Witness speaks of high-speed pursuit
Officers were tailing a driver who failed to stop for traffic police and was driving in a “potentially lethal” fashion on the wrong side of the Marketgait dual carriageway.
The driver managed to make a getaway from pursuing officers.
Samantha Craig, 35, said she had to “slam” on her brakes to avoid being struck by the silver Ford Focus as she pulled out from a junction.
She said: “The car was screaming up from the roundabout at Olympia towards the tunnel, headed for Lochee Road, on the wrong side of the dual carriageway.
“I was coming out of King Street to turn down towards the roundabout and had to slam my brakes on.
“There were three or four police cars in pursuit with sirens and lights on. Next thing all the police cars were heading up on the correct side the road.
“He clearly wasn’t caring about anything other than getting away from the police.”
Police have labelled the action “potentially lethal” and are currently on the hunt for the driver of the car.
A spokesman said: “Police Scotland is investigating an incident which happened between 10.50am-11am on Tuesday between Douglas and the city centre. A silver Ford Focus failed to stop for road policing unit officers and proceeded to drive recklessly and dangerously on various roads, including travelling the wrong way around a roundabout and the wrong way along the Marketgait dual carriageway.
“The car was lost to sight turning off Lochee Road into Blinshall Street.
“Driving of this type is not only dangerous, but potentially lethal, and it is only by very good fortune that there were no collisions and no one was hurt.
“We are making inquiries to identify and trace the driver of the car involved.
“We would like to ask anyone who witnessed this incident, particularly any drivers with dashcam footage of the Focus and its driving, to get in touch with us. Our reference is CR/6544/18.”
A DUNDEE woman has told of the moment a car “screaming up” the wrong side of a busy road as it was chased by police, narrowly avoided crashing into her.