A man accused of speeding and driving onto the pavement hits three people in Colchester, and is later found hiding under a bed by armed police, according to reports. Police say Joseph Wicks, 27, of Colchester, was in a Fiat 500 when the incident occurs on Queen Street on November 30.
The accounts describe the pursuit and the eventual location of the suspect. After the crash, police investigate the circumstances and track him down. One report focuses on the moment officers discover Wicks concealed under a bed, using armed officers to make the arrest. The emphasis across the reporting is on the injury-causing incident and the tactics used to locate the suspect; details of charges beyond the alleged offending and the injuries to those hit are not expanded in the provided excerpts.
All sources provided frame the case around the same core sequence: the speeding/pavement incident on Queen Street, the three people struck, and the subsequent arrest following police action at a nearby address.
