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 CRUSIER THAT THEN SMASHED INTO THE TRACTOR TRAILER. THE POLICE WERE ABLE TO STOP THE DRIVER BY FORCING HIM INTO A SPINOUT. THE TROOPER HITTTING THE TRAILER WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 285741
Story Slug trooper crashes into tractor trailer 2005
Location YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN
Format DASHCAM
Date 11-18-2005
Archive Time 20:42
TRT 45:00
Supers POLICE DASHCAM - ANGLE TWO FROM TROOPER ARMSTRONG. IF LICENSED, CLIENT GETS 6846-A AS WELL.
Video Description DAYTIME DASHCAM VIDEO WITH AUDIO, CLOUDY DAY, THIS IS THE LEAD CAR IN THE CHASE THAT BEGINS WITH OUR CAR STOPPING IN MIDDLE OF MEDIAN AND THEN TAKING OFF ON CHASE OF GREY PICKUP TRUCK WITH TOPPER ON IT, CHASE GOES ON FOR A LONG TIME WITH WEAVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC, AT ABOUT 27:30, WE SEE THE CHASE TRYING TO PASS ON THE SHOULDER WITH SEVERAL POLICE CARS AND WE SEE ANOTHER CAR CRASHING INTO A SEMI TRUCK DRAGGING SOME HEAVY EQUIPMENT, OUR CAR CHECKS ON HIM AND THEN RE-JOINS CHASE, AT 31:40 OUR CAR IS ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO T-BONES THE PICKUP TRUCK AND ENDS 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 CRUSIER THAT THEN SMASHED INTO THE TRACTOR TRAILER. THE POLICE WERE ABLE TO STOP THE DRIVER BY FORCING HIM INTO A SPINOUT. THE TROOPER HITTTING 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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