Suspect in stolen bait car slams into tree

(6/05/06 - KTRK/HOUSTON) (KTRK) -- A man in a stolen Cadillac walked away without a scratch after he crash-landed into a tree.

Police say Dedtrich Williams stole the HPD bait car which was parked in front of a mall. They chased him until the crash on Wilburforce near Greenhood in northwest Houston.

"We saw it flipped. We were screaming. It was really scary," said eyewitness Kellie Curley. "I thought he was dead, because he just went straight up on the tree. It was bad."

Eyewitnesses say Williams got out of the car on his own and then started running. Police quickly captured Williams and charged him with auto theft and evading arrest.

HPD uses bait cars to catch thieves.
(Copyright © 2006, KTRK-TV)

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