A domestic violence suspect led police on a 45-minute chase on New York’s Long Island Monday, drove off a 100-foot cliff into Long Island Sound, and survived. The wild chain of events started shortly before 11 a.m. when Roger Foster, 56, slashed the tire of a parked car. Someone provided a description of his car to police, an officer spotted the vehicle, and off they went. Foster reached speeds of up to 100mph as he crossed back and forth across eastern Long Island. In Greenport, he turned and headed toward the water, and did not stop. Said one officer, “Never hits the brakes, never slows down. Hits an embankment at the end of the street, goes airborne over the bluff, off the beach, and into Long Island Sound.” The car landed in 3 to 5 feet of water. Officers dived in, pulled the suspect out, and arrested him. Police said he complained of pain but had no visible injuries.
* It was just like that movie, “Thelma and Louise and Roger.”
* I bet he spent some of that time during the chase googling the high tide schedule.
* If they had pulled me out of that car, you know what I would have said? “Damn this stupid self-driving car!”
* Viral marketing for Ryan Gosling’s new stuntman movie, “The Fall Guy”?
* Now here’s Tom Petty with “Learning to Fly.”