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A man who fled after crashing a stolen car was able to elude a police K-9 because the scent was lost when he entered water. Kirkland police were called to a report of an attempted burglary and found a man fleeing in a stolen car early Thursday. As officers arrived in the commercial area of 130th Lane Northeast, a black man driving a Mercedes that was stolen the night before from Infiniti of Kirkland was leaving the scene. After two short pursuits the driver crashed the car in the 17500 block of Redmond Woodinville Road and then ran away.