Two bungling car thieves led police on a wild chase through Long Island early Sunday after stealing a Suffolk County fire chief’s vehicle that had been left idling in the parking lot of a neighboring fire house, cops said.
The East Moriches fire chief’s red 2012 Chevy Tahoe was left running in the parking lot of a fire house in Center Moriches at around 1 a.m. when it was stolen by two people who were seen on surveillance fleeing east on Montauk Highway, cops said.
Suffolk County cops, with the assistance aviation units, fanned out before spotting the stolen vehicle in Rocky Point at around 7:30 a.m., which then sped down Route 25A toward Riverhead, cops said.
Authorities followed the thieves as they hopelessly continued east before entering Southampton, where they ran over a “stop strip” that had been set up by police in order to deflate the SUV’s tires and bring the chase to an end.
One of the vehicles tires was ripped clean off the rim before the driver lost control and crashed into a snow bank near Montauk Highway and North Bay Avenue at around 8 a.m., according to Suffolk County police.
Both of the unidentified suspects were arrested and are awaiting charges, cops said.
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