Sideswiped by a crackhead

No kidding.

Remember Columbia City, the cute area of south Seattle where Jesse and I found Jones BBQ and fried okra a few days ago?

Ah, not so cute.

Jesse and I were waiting at a stoplight one block north of Jones BBQ on Sunday afternoon. Suddenly, the car lurched forward as we were hit from behind...we thought it was a regular rear ender, until we noticed the car actually SQUEEZING between us and the car next to us also waiting at the red light. We actually felt the car scrape along our driver's side like a ripple effect.

The car ran the light and suddenly, 3 police cars came out of the woodwork and started chasing the guy. Jesse pulled off the road and called 911, when one of the cops came back around to check on us. Officer Elliott took Jesse's info, and while doing that, kept updating us on what he was getting through his police radio.

Turns out they had been chasing the guy, but had stopped for whatever reason they were told to. Officer Elliott was fixing to go back to the station when he witnessed the guy run into us. (That's nice that he saw it.) So they started chasing him again. As we were standing there with the officer, the guy came through our intersection again! He then got on the light rail tracks (which aren't open yet, by the way.)

To top it off, Officer Elliott informed us that the guy was actually smoking crack WHILE being chased.

PS There's actually minimal damage to Jesse's car and we're both fine, which is pretty amazing. I mean, it was like a scene from a movie--the guy squeezed between us. Seriously.