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VIDEO: Car Thief Slams Into Four Cars While Fleeing Earlier Crash

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man who allegedly stole an SUV last week apparently was so desperate to get away after crashing into a taxi, that he slammed into four other vehicles, and left a trail of wreckage on a Lakeview street, before he was arrested a short time later.

A YouTube video shows a cab driver yelling at the driver of a black SUV in the 1400 block of West Belmont Avenue, after the SUV apparently rear-ended his taxi. The cabbie tried to block the SUV's path as the driver tried to get away.

Poorly Attempted HIT and RUN.... Cab Drive Gets Revenge!!!!! Driver Smashes six Cars by K Moore on YouTube

A police spokesperson said it happened on the afternoon of Oct. 30.

As the cabbie tried to get other cars to pin in the SUV, he slammed a hard object against the driver's window. The SUV then sped past him, slamming into a different taxi that had stopped on Belmont. He then backed up, slamming into another parked car, then changed directions again, side-swiping the first cabbie's car again, then crashing head-on into another SUV.

Finally, the driver of the stolen SUV managed to get past a line of stopped cars and out of frame of the person filming from a building above the street.

The driver of the SUV -- 19-year-old Kenzell Lesure -- was arrested a short time later, after crashing into a tree a few blocks away, according to a police spokesperson. Lesure has been charge with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident, and one count each of driving without a license, damage to public property, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal trespass to a vehicle, and driving without insurance -- all misdemeanor charges.

Lesure was due in court on Dec. 4.

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