Vyškov police chase: banned driver flees patrol in Czechia

Police in the Vyškov area of South Moravia have detained a driver who is banned from driving: he tried to escape a patrol first by car and then on foot. South Moravia police spokesman David Chaloupka said the man now faces criminal prosecution.

The driver immediately looked suspicious to the officers, so they blocked his path with their patrol car to check his documents. The man tried to force his car past the police vehicle, and when that failed, he reversed toward the local stadium. There he stopped, let a female passenger out and sped off again.

The escape did not last long. A few minutes later the driver had damaged the car so badly that he had to stop, and he ran from the patrol on foot. That did not help either: the officers caught him after just a few metres.

Around Prague, based on reporting by novinky.cz