ORLANDO, Fla. — It was a case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time for two suspects, but it was the right place at the right time for Orlando officers.
Two grand-theft suspects were arrested Monday after crashing into a fire truck in Delaney Park, officials said. %
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Witnesses told Channel 9’s Karla Ray that the driver tried to go under a downed tree and crashed into the fire truck that was at the scene responding to a call about the fallen tree.
Police said a woman thought her home was being broken into, but it was the noise of a tree falling. Authorities said as an officer was leaving the home, he saw the car driving in the wrong direction and then drive under the tree, crashing into the fire truck.
"The tree across the way here had broken and a big limb had fallen across. The suspects were in a small car and were able to go under the tree," neighbor Toodie Francis said.
Orlando police said the car was stolen.
"They must've gone under the fallen tree which they could get under with their little car, but they didn't account for the fire engine in their way," neighbor Bruce Humphrey said.
The names of the people arrested have not been released.
Wrong place, wrong time for stolen car suspects--> see email from OPD pic.twitter.com/cM0s3qlPiI
— Karla Ray (@KRayWFTV) May 2, 2016
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