Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Chase turned to 9 car pile up



On April 15th, 2016 at around 2:30 pm there were people driving on the Everett Turnpike in Nashua were terrorized by a carjacker. Jonathan Calvin, a thirty-one year old Nashua native, was reported stealing a car in Nashua. He then fled down the Everett Turnpike between exits four and five, where he then proceeded to crash the stolen car. When another driver saw this she stopped to help him. He then stabbed her and stole her car and drove south down the highway where police caught up with him and the chase began. He was chased all the way into Massachusetts where Mass. state troopers took over the chase. There is no information on how far into Massachusetts he got before turning around. He then went back north towards New Hampshire where the New Hampshire state police took control of the chase again. You may be thinking why haven't they stopped him yet but when you think about it the police must take account for public safety and this driver most likely is not doing that. We know for a fact he has no problem hurting somebody to get away. There is a certain tactic in doing a police chase that they learn in the academy in order to keep the public safe. There is a rule in Massachusetts that officers can not chase a motorcycle going one hundred miles an hour or over because it is a danger to public safety. The chase continued into New Hampshire until Calvin caused a nine car accident and was thrown from his vehicle where he tried to flee from officers.
He tried to fight them off and it took about ten to fifteen officers to take him down. Due to the amount of cars in the accident the highway was closed down for two hours during rush hour times. People were detoured to avoid more back up and to avoid the scene incase anything else happened.
Luckily only few people were taken to the hospital for non life threatening injuries. The women who was stabbed is reported to be ok and alive. Calvin will be arraigned on multiple charges including carjacking, assault and battery, endangering public safety, and many more.  He will also be responsible for the damages caused to the vehicles in this accident which usually will be paid for by his insurance. There is a catch though, in New Hampshire unlike Massachusetts you do not need car insurance but you must be able to pay for all damages that you cause. I do not believe that he is insured or has the money for the damages because he was obviously stealing the car for a reason to get money.
He will be found guilty and be sentenced to prison time, but will also be taken to court by the people who were involved in the accident. It is most likely that he will have to give at least one hundred grand to each person if they were injured in the accident.






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Sources:
http://patch.com/new-hampshire/nashua/high-speed-chase-mass-ends-nashua-crash-0
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