We've seen a lot of wrecks end with a wreck. But this time, the chase continues long after the wreck.
[0]Police in Phoenix noticed that a van was dragging a lot.
Just how many people was it carrying?
Officers began to tail the vehicle and it ran.
The chase ended when the over-loaded van hit a car and rolled over.
Almost immediately, people begin popping out of the van and running.
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Police eventually arrest around a dozen people, suspected of being illegal immirgants.
How safe are Bus Stops?
[0]It seems nothing is safe these days on the side of a road.
Again, in Phoenix, three people were waiting for the bus in one of those bus shelters with seats.
It's easy to identify.
Still, a driver managed to leave the road and plow right into it.
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Two of the people were pinned under the car and seriously injured.
The driver wasn't hurt, and police don't know why they veered off course.
We've shown you a lot of the dangers cops face on the side of the road. But we've never seen a power pole almost take a cop out, until now.
[0]Deputy Kevin Smith responded to a wreck in Niagra County, New York.
A van had sideswiped the pole.
The deputy was used to watching for crazy drivers that might hit him on the side of the road.
But he didn't think to look up.
Just seconds after he walked under it, the damaged pole fell right behind him.
But that's not all.
Another driver was passing by the accident scene, ran over the power line and getting it caught on his car.
The wire tripped the deputy and flung the pole through the air again.
The deputy suffered minor injuries. The second driver got a DUI.
Here are both of the close calls caught on the officer's dash cam.
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More proof that you don't want to run into a gas pump.
[0]A woman in California lost control of her SUV and ran over the pump.
It burst into flames, trapping the driver in her vehicle.
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Lucky for her, 2 firemen were returning home from a shift and drove up on the fire.
They pulled her out of the SUV and put the fire out.
Now to the Daredevils. First, a new record for high wire walking and biking.
[0]Commuters and residents in New Jersey's largest city got to see a world record broken Wednesday morning.
Nik Wallenda, the seventh generation of the Flying Wallendas act, broke the Guiness World Record for the longest distance and greatest height ever traveled by a bike on a high wire. Wallenda started his record attempt by first walking across 235 feet of wire, 135 feet in the air. Once safely across he returned to the other side balancing himself on a bicycle. The wire was suspended between two cranes next two Newark’s Prudential Center Arena.
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Nik Wallenda says his next daredevil feat will be to try and cross the Grand Canyon on a high wire next spring.
The French Spiderman does his bit for peace in the Middle East.
[0]If you can't keep those building climbers off the buildings, why not use them.
So after illegally climbing dozens of skyscrapers all over the world, the self-proclaimed Spiderman now does it for pay.
A hotel in Lebanon hired him to create some publicity by scaling their building.
So this time, there is an emcee and fireworks to greet him when he reaches the top, not police.
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And finally, a blooper from a state dinner at the White House, but it's NOT by President Bush!
[0]The President and First Lady hosted the dinner for Italian Prime Minister Italian Silvio Berlusconi .
President Bush made it through his speach and toasts without a mishap.
But when the Prime Minister finished his remarks, he took some of the podium with him.
It's a proud moment for America that the President came away clean from this one!
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I'd love to get a better translation on what the P-M said. I'm betting the translator we're hearing here isn't giving us the real comments.
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