INVESTIGATED AND FIRE
INVESTIGATORS WILL BE OUT HERE
TOMORROW.
IT WHILE SEEN TODAY ON US-1
IN MIAMI.
A POLICE CHASE CAME TO A FIERY
AND WHEN A ROBBERY SUSPECT
CRASHED INTO A POLICE CAR.
WE HAVE A REPORTER LIVE AT THE
JAIL WHERE THE SUSPECT WILL BE
SPENDING THE NIGHT.
Reporter: HE IS EXPECTED TO
CHECK IN HERE FAIRLY SHORTLY.
NO CHARGES YET AND NO NAME ON
THE SUSPECT.
HE SURE CAUSED A LOT OF CHAOS
TODAY.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
FINALLY, SHUT DOWN FOR MORE
THAN FIVE HOURS DURING THE
HEART OF RUSH-HOUR BETWEEN 16th
AVENUE AND 17th AVENUE, US-1.
IT OPENS UP.
ALL OF BECAUSE -- ALL BECAUSE
OF THIS, I FIERY HEAD-ON CRASH
BETWEEN A MIAMI POLICE
DEPARTMENT CRUISER AND A RED
HONDA CIVIC.
THERE WERE A LOT OF FLAMES, A
STUBBORN PLACE RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF ONE OF SOUTH
FLORIDA'S MAJOR TRAFFIC
CORRIDORS.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT A POLICE CHASE
THAT ORIGINATED IN ON A PADDED.
AN OFFICER NOTICED A VEHICLE
THAT WAS TAKING IN AN ARMED
CARJACKING YESTERDAY.
THAT OFFICER TRIED TO INITIATE
A TRAFFIC STOP AT WHICH POINT
THE DRIVER BEHIND THE OFFENDING
VEHICLE FLED FROM OFFICERS.
Reporter: IT WAS A HEAD-ON
CRASH THAT THE POLICE CAR AND
UP ATOP THE MEDIAN.
THE HOBBIT -- HONDA CIVIC WAS
IN THE TURN LANE.
A WITNESS SAYS THAT POLICE CARS
WERE IN PURSUIT.
I SAW 30 CARS GOING DOWN US-1
AND I WAS NOT SURE WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
I JUST SAW COP CARS COMING TO
MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
Reporter: TOTAL OF FOUR CARS
WERE INVOLVED.
TO JUST HAPPEN TO BE IN THE
WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.
THE RED CAR HIT ME ON THE
SIDE.
IT WAS ON THE DRIVER SIDE.
Reporter: THE POLICE OFFICER
WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
HE APPEARED TO BE ALERT,
TALKING, AND OKAY.
THE SUSPECT WAS ALSO TAKE --
TAKEN THERE.
THEY'RE BOTH INVOLVED IN A
HEAD-ON COLLISION BUT WE CANNOT
CONFIRM AT THIS TIME THE EXACT
DETAILS AND HOW THEY WERE
INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT OR
WHO EXACTLY WAS AT FAULT.
Reporter: THE POLICE OFFICER
IS OKAY.
HE WAS RELEASED EARLIER THIS