CHARLOTTE — A local dealership owner has quite the cleanup ahead of him after an early morning car chase ended in flames on his property on Sunday.
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Police in Gastonia are continuing to search for Jaiquvous Williams, a man they tried to arrest for assault early on Sunday morning. He took off with leading officers on a chase before his car became airborne and crashed into T&T Auto Sales on Wilkinson Boulevard.
Channel 9 veteran crime reporter Glenn Counts caught up with the dealership’s owner, Miguel Tovar, as he assessed the physical and financial damage the incident has caused his business.
“Everything is damaged; that’s no good; that’s no good; that’s no good; that’s no good; everything is scratched,” Tovar said.
Tovar has owned this business for more than 15 years. He says it’ll be a few weeks before he can begin selling again.
“It’s going to be pretty bad; I’m going to go two weeks without being able to sell anything,” Tovar said.
Gaston County Police say Williams had a few warrants, one of them on a gun charge. While pursuing Williams, officers attempted to deflate his tires before he ended up in Tovar’s lot, a location he just moved to three months ago.
But, instead of blaming bad luck, Tovar is looking at this as just a freak accident.
Despite the intense wreck, Williams managed to escape from the police; at this time, no one knows if he is injured.
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