A 20-year-old man, believed to be from Derry, has been arrested after a 50 mile car chase through Co Donegal.
The scene following yesterdery’s arrest in Letterkenny.
The arrest came just hours after a man driving a Nissan Primera fled the scene of a crash on foot in Letterkenny.
He was being tailed by Gardai from Ardara yesterday afternoon after he was spotted driving dangerously in the area.
But instead of pulling over the man continued to drive at speed.
Attempts to stop the suspect using a Stinger device failed with Gardai fearing the driver could cause serious harm to other road users.
The subsequent chase lasted close to an hour and came to a sudden and dramatic end in Letterkenny after he drove into an Audi A4 on De Valera Road – close to Letterkenny’s fire station – at 4.20pm.
The suspect then fled on foot, leaving one of his shoes behind.
He entered Tobin’s garage where he demanded staff call him a taxi, but when they refused he ran off towards Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT).
The one-shoed suspect was apprehended close to the Polestar roundabout later.
He was taken to Letterkenny Garda Station.
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