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Suffolk police tried using a stinger, like what they see on them car chase telly shows, and wrecked some innocent motorists' tyres. Oops.
Luckily the only injury was to some rubber and the drivers' tempers. Could have been so much worse.
Suffolk Police apologise after several cars damaged by stinger
Luckily the only injury was to some rubber and the drivers' tempers. Could have been so much worse.
Suffolk Police apologise after several cars damaged by stinger
Police have apologised after cars were damaged with a stinger it was using to try to intercept a suspect vehicle.
Suffolk Police officers were using the device - a strip of spikes designed to puncture tyres - on the A14 near Newmarket at about 18:30 GMT on Thursday.
But vibrations caused by passing lorries moved the device into the path of other motorists.
No-one was injured and an investigation is being carried out, the force said.