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15 Sirens

I was driving back up to Portland from a Mongolia meeting yesterday and had an interesting experience on I-5. Being Sunday afternoon and the end of spring break for Washingtonians, the traffic was heavy. Not stop and go, but crowded. I was in the far right lane just south of Camas, by the rest stop, when I saw a car coming up behind me a few cars back. I noticed him because he was passing us on the right! He came flying past me, on the right using the emergency lane to pass. I honked at him but couldn't do much. I did notice he had a California licens plate.
I was getting out my phone to try and call someone when I saw a Sheriff race by with his lights flashing in the left lane. A minute later four more came flying by. By now I'm thinking it's got to be related. As I went through Wilsonville there were two police cars on the on ramp, apparently waiting to join the chace because a minute later about 6 more cars came flying past us!
I saw the sirens ahead as I passed the I-205 ramp so I know he made it that far. I also saw anther officer going south on I-5 and then saw four more much further north. They looked like they were waiting to see if this guy came their way. It was all very interesting and I wish I had tv so I could have watched the news to see what happened. All told I saw fourteen cars chasing that guy.
Then on the way home from church Stacy and I saw another officer! Busy day for those guys...

I found an article on the chase... http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/04/high_speed_chase_from_salem_to.html

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