Crime & Safety

Man Runs Away from DUI Checkpoint, Police Say

According to Lower Merion Police, the man ended up hopping into another vehicle.

Lower Merion Police arrested a 23-year-old Conshohocken man after the department said he attempted to elude a DUI checkpoint with an escape involving two separate vehicles.

On Saturday at 12:26 a.m., Lower Merion Police were sitting at a checkpoint they had established at Belmont Avenue and Belmont Terrace in Bala Cynwyd when they saw a car approach the area and stop prior to the checkpoint. Police say a man got out of the driver side door and began running westbound on Belmont Avenue, away from the checkpoint.

Police say they ran after the driver, but as they approached him he entered another vehicle, which police later learned belonged to a friend. Police say that car turned around and headed westbound—again, away from the checkpoint. 

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After a brief chase, police say the car was stopped. When asked why he was running, the defendant, who was ultimately charged with DUI, told police that he was drinking and "under suspension."

Lower Merion Police had established DUI checkpoints throughout the township over the weekend.

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