TALAT - A HIGH SPEED CHASE AND A BATHTUB RACE
<pi> ***This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment. Usage must cease on all platforms (including digital) within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN.*** </pi>\n\n --TEASE--\nA HIGH-SPEED POLICE CHASE TURNS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS ...\nAND A BIZARRE BATHTUB RACING TRADITION IS BACK...\nCOMING UP IN TODAY'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!\n\n --SUPERS--\nPrefonted\n\n --LEAD IN--\nA POLICE VEHICLE TAKES FIRE IN A CHASE THAT'S CAUGHT ON CAMERA ... \nAND A BIZARRE BATHTUB RACING TRADITION RESURFACES AFTER 20 YEARS!\nJEREMY ROTH HAS TODAY'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!\n\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nTODAY IN TALAT, WE HAVE POLICE CHASES (NATS - sirens) ...\nAND BATHTUB RACES (NATS- woohoos) ...\n\nFIRST, IN KANSAS CITY, A POLICE CHASE TURNED MORE DANGEROUS WHEN SUSPECTS OPENED FIRE ON OFFICERS.\nDASHCAM CAPTURED THE CHASE, WHICH STARTED AS AN ATTEMPTED TRAFFIC STOP.\nAS THE OFFICER PURSUES THE SUSPECTS, HE HEAR HEARS GUNSHOTS...\n"I think they're shooting at me now"\nTHEN, MORE SHOTS RING OUT...\n"they're firing! Get me cars now!"\n"high caliber weapon! They're headed eastbound!"\nTHE CHASE CONTINUES, REACHING SPEEDS OF NEARLY 100 MILES PER HOUR.\nNO ONE WAS HURT, BUT THE OFFICER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT BY THE GUNFIRE.\nOTHER POLICE VEHICLES ENDED THE CHASE WITH A SKILLFUL PIT MANEUVER.\nTHREE SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED AND WILL BE CHARGED. \n\nAND NOW FOR A LESS-MENACING KIND OF ROAD RACE ...\nLADIES AND GENTLEMEN, START YOUR BATHTUBS!\nFOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS, A BIZARRE BATHTUB RACING TRADITION HAS RETURNED TO MORAVIA, NEW YORK.\nTEAMS RACE MODIFIED BATHTUBS ON WHEELS AS PART OF THE TOWN'S FILLMORE DAYS FESTIVAL.\nTHE ZANY TRADITION STARTED IN 1974, BUT WENT ON HIATUS AFTER A CRASH INJURED SOMEONE IN 1999.\nLOCALS LOBBIED TO RETURN THE RACE TO THE FESTIVAL, BUT WITH SOME CHANGES TO INCREASE SAFETY.\nINSTEAD OF RACING DOWNHILL, THE TUB TEAMS COMPETE ALONG A 300-FOOT, FLAT STRETCH...\nAND STEERING AND BRAKING SYSTEMS ARE NOW REQUIRED.\nNOW THAT'S SOME GOOD, CLEAN FUN!\n\nFOR TALAT - I'M JEREMY ROTH\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nSOCIAL MEDIA TRENDING VIRAL VIDEO CAUGHT ON CAMERA RACING WEIRD QUIRKY BIZARRE COOL FUN FUNNY CUTE CRAZY KICKER\n\n