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A woman driver in California managed to escape police in a high-speed chase. The woman was driving a van painted to look like the Mystery Machine from the popular TV cartoon, Scooby Doo. Despite being pursued by police cars as well as a helicopter, the woman managed to elude her followers.
June 27, 2016 Read time: 1 min
A woman driver in California managed to escape police in a high-speed chase. The woman was driving a van painted to look like the Mystery Machine from the popular TV cartoon, Scooby Doo. Despite being pursued by police cars as well as a helicopter, the woman managed to elude her followers.

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