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Police wrangle stolen car with grappler
A driver in a stolen car tried to flee Livonia police on I-96, but he couldn't get away, thanks to the grappler.
LIVONIA, Mich. (FOX 2) - What started with police tracking a stolen car ended with the rear axle being ripped from that car as the driver tried to escape Livonia police's grappler.
The grappler, new technology being utilized by the Metro Detroit department, uses a net to grab a vehicle's rear tires to stop it.
Watch video of police using the grappler above.
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Livonia police use the Grappler to catch car thief
The rear axel was pulled off the car on I-96.
According to Michigan State Police, troopers on patrol in Detroit around 7:25 a.m. Thursday spotted a stolen Chevrolet Cruze and began following the vehicle. The driver, later identified as a 27-year-old Brighton man, got onto westbound I-96 and continued driving into Livonia.
Troopers called Livonia police, who have a new tool, called a grappler, that uses a net to grab a vehicle's rear tires to stop it. Livonia officers responded and deployed the grappler on the freeway near Levan.
Learn more about the grappler here.
MSP said the driver tried to keep going after the grappler captured the tires, causing the rear axle to be ripped off the Cruze.
The driver and his two female passengers were both arrested.
No one was hurt.
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