steve phillips

steve phillips

Detroit - When two Visalia, California, police officers swinging their clasped behind an SUV that was carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday, in May, have prepared for a dangerous high-speed monitoring.

The 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe roared away with officers in pursuit, but shortly after the suspect made a right turn, operators at General Motors Co.'s OnStar service sent a command that electronically disabled the gas pedal and the SUV gradually came to a halt.The flustered thief got out and ran, but was quickly nabbed after he climbed several fences and fell into a backyard swimming pool, police said.It was the first time since OnStar began offering the service in the 2009 model year that it was used to end a chase that could otherwise have had dire consequences."He wouldn't have pulled over if OnStar hadn't have shut the vehicle down," said Visalia Police Sgt. Steve Phillips. "Generally pursuits end in a collision."

The whole thing started when Jose Ruiz, 33, near Lindsay, Calif., sat in his Tahoe is a well-lit parking around 3 on Sunday, while his cousin, told the passenger seat of a mobile phone. What corner of the eye Ruiz saw a man walking toward her.