IconoclasT wrote:

(CNN) -- A 14-year-old boy who allegedly stole a bulldozer and led Tucson, Arizona, police on a 15-mile chase was critically wounded Thursday night when officers fired on the tractor as it sped toward them, a police official said.

The unidentified teen was in critical condition after being airlifted to a hospital, according to Tucson Assistant Police Chief Kermit Miller.
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He said the teen drove the construction vehicle up to 30 miles per hour at times with as many as 15 police cruisers chasing him.

After a 15-mile chase, the bulldozer turned around in an eastside Tucson residential area and began driving downhill toward the police cruisers, Miller said. That was when two officers fired shots, with at least one round hitting the teen, Miller said.

It's been a little while since I did any excavation work but in my experience, a normal Caterpillar bulldozer shouldn't even be able to approach 1/2 of that speed without a big hill to descend with a 100+ mph tailwind.

Actually, according to http://www.sjgames.com/car-wars/adq/10/3/roadwork.html, top speed for a bulldozer is around 37.5 mph, about right considering they sometimes need to take to roads and move around at a good pace in neighborhoods (or perpetual construction sites). Its too bad they had to shoot the kid to end the chase, though. Another life wasted in jail, I suppose.

IconoclasT wrote:

(CNN) -- A 14-year-old boy who allegedly stole a bulldozer and led Tucson, Arizona, police on a 15-mile chase was critically wounded Thursday night when officers fired on the tractor as it sped toward them, a police official said.

The unidentified teen was in critical condition after being airlifted to a hospital, according to Tucson Assistant Police Chief Kermit Miller.
...
He said the teen drove the construction vehicle up to 30 miles per hour at times with as many as 15 police cruisers chasing him.

After a 15-mile chase, the bulldozer turned around in an eastside Tucson residential area and began driving downhill toward the police cruisers, Miller said. That was when two officers fired shots, with at least one round hitting the teen, Miller said.

It's been a little while since I did any excavation work but in my experience, a normal Caterpillar bulldozer shouldn't even be able to approach 1/2 of that speed without a big hill to descend with a 100+ mph tailwind.

Doesn't matter - the lesson here should be don't be a moron and attack police.

On another note, the Chief's name is Kermit. AHAHAHAH.

It's been a little while since I did any excavation work but in my experience, a normal Caterpillar bulldozer shouldn't even be able to approach 1/2 of that speed without a big hill to descend with a 100+ mph tailwind.

Doesn't matter - the lesson here should be don't be a moron and attack police.

On another note, the Chief's name is Kermit. AHAHAHAH.

I feel that perhaps the effort used was excessive; at 40 MPH, the worse case scenario is a rampage around town and a few damaged police cars. ... The other question is where were the non-leathal weapons in this -- tazers and whatnot?