Police Flatten Tires of Guy Speeding to Take Pregnant Wife to Hospital
Then again, they didn’t know that’s what he was doing:
FORT DODGE, Iowa– Police started to pursue a speeding SUV on Highway 7 near the town of Manson in Calhoun County, but the car’s occupants had a good reason for going over the speed limit.
Ben and Rachel Kohnen were heading to the hospital in Fort Dodge at about 4:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. He admits that he was going about 30 miles over the speed limit when they passed the officer.
“He starts following me and he turns on his lights an my wife says we can’t pull over. The baby is coming now,” said the driver, Ben Kohnen of Pomeroy.
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As they approached the outskirts of Fort Dodge, authorities were waiting for them.
“They had thrown out the tire spikes and so all four tires, I run over those and all four tires go flat,” said Ben Kohnen.
The Kohnens say they were ordered to the ground and held at gunpoint until police realized this was an emergency. Rachel was rushed to the hospital and nearly 10 pound, Hazel, was born an hour later.
Apparently the wife tried calling 911 but was too hysterical to be understood.
Opine away. Consider not assuming perfect knowledge on the cops’ part as you do so.