Summary

A MICHIGAN STATE POLICE TROOPER CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A TRACTOR TRAILER IN A PURSUIT THAT LED OFFICERS THROUGH SEVERAL CITIES. THE CHASE STARTED IN YPSILANTI AND ENDED IN MONROE. POLICE WERE CHASING A SUSPECT WHO HAD OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANTS. WHILE EXITING ON AN OFF-RAMP, THE CAR BEING CHASED HIT A POLICE CRUISER THAT THEN SMASHED INTO THE TRACTOR TRAILER. THE POLICE WERE ABLE TO STOP THE DRIVER BY FORCING HIM INTO A SPINOUT. THE TROOPER HITTING THE TRAILER WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 285727
Story Slug trooper crashes into tractor trailer 2005
Location YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN
Format DASHCAM
Date 11-18-2005
TRT 1:30:00
Supers POLICE DASHCAM - ANGLE ONE FROM TROOPER WAGNER. YOU WILL WANT 6846-B IS LICENSED AS WELL.
Video Description COLOR DAYTIME DASHCAM VIDEO WITH AUDIO, CLOUDY DAY, OUR CAR'S ANGLE DRIVING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THEN SUDDENLY KICKS IT UP A NOTCH AND SPEED TOT HE SCENE OF SOMETHING, HE THEN STOPS IN A MEDIAN WELL BEHIND ANOTHER POLICE CAR STOPPED UP AHEAD, THEN OFFICER SPEEDS AHEAD AGAIN ON TAIL ON OTHER COP CAR AS THEY RACE TOGETHER ONTO CHASE ALTHOUGH NO LIGHTS OR SIRENS ARE ON AT THIS POINT, BOTH OUR COP AND THE ONE AHEAD ARE WEAVING THROUGH TRAFFIC WITH LIGHTS AND SIRENS ON NOW, COPS ARE NOW ON THEIR MAN - A PICKUP TRUCK, LONG CHASE WITH MULTIPLE POLICE CARS NOW INVOLVED AND LOTS OF WEAVING THROUGH TRAFFIC, AT ABOUT 32:35 THE CHASE GOES ON AN OFF-RAMP AND POLICE TRY AND CORNER AND BUMP THE RUNAWAY TRUCK FINALLY PERFORMING A PIT MANEUVER ON THE TRUCK AND ENDING THE CHASE, COPS GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES WITH GUNS DRAWN, COPS MILLING ABOUT AS CHASE IS OVER, AROUND 45:56 WE CAN HEAR OFFICER TRYING TO GET GUY IN THE BACK OF THE SQUAD CAR AND SUSPECT IS IN PAIN AND BREATHING HARD POSSIBLY HURT IN THE CHASE
Description A MICHIGAN STATE POLICE TROOPER CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A TRACTOR TRAILER IN A PURSUIT THAT LED OFFICERS THROUGH SEVERAL CITIES. THE CHASE STARTED IN YPSILANTI AND ENDED IN MONROE. POLICE WERE CHASING A SUSPECT WHO HAD OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANTS. WHILE EXITING ON AN OFF-RAMP, THE CAR BEING CHASED HIT A POLICE CRUISER THAT THEN SMASHED INTO THE TRACTOR TRAILER. THE POLICE WERE ABLE TO STOP THE DRIVER BY FORCING HIM INTO A SPINOUT. THE TROOPER HITTING THE TRAILER WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.
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Keywords

CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
HIGH SPEED CHASE
CRASHING
CRASH
SMASHING
SMASH
DRAMATIC
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