A 16-year-old teen driver was arrested following a high-speed collision in Minnesota brought on by a stolen Dodge Charger. The automobile was doing over 140 mph (225 km/h) in accordance with the officer who unsuccessfully tried to cease it by throwing a cease stick previous to the crash.
The incident occurred on Friday night in St. Paul, Minnesota. It began when a deputy officer from Ramsey County Sheriff’s Division noticed a purple Dodge Charger with none plates on, which turned out to be stolen. As reported by CBS Information, the teenage driver tried to flee the scene rushing at 120 mph (193 mph) on Maryland Avenue.
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The total video uploaded on YouTube by MN Security reveals footage from the dashcam of a second police automobile that attempted to cease the rushing Charger with out initiating a police chase. One officer could be seen throwing a cease stick on the Dodge Charger which flew by at 140 mph (225 km/h). After the incident, the officer stated: “I’ve gotta inform you, I’ve seen loads of quick vehicles people and I’ve by no means seen a automobile shifting that quick… that automobile was doing over 140 mph (225 km/h)”.
Cease sticks have a deployment wire that usually ought to be thrown on the street earlier than the rushing automobile approaches however the officer on this case didn’t have sufficient time to finish the method. Following the unsuccessful try to cease the stolen automobile the police automobile follows its path, at regular speeds so it doesn’t immediate the suspect to proceed rushing.
Moments later the officers come throughout a crash brought on by the stolen automobile involving two different vehicles. The rushing Charger crashed into the again of a automobile launching it right into a entrance yard. It then spun and got here to a full cease following a second collision with one other automobile that was driving on the opposite aspect of the street. Regardless of the severity of the crash, fortuitously there aren’t any reported deaths, solely accidents. The 16-year-old suspect was discovered unconscious on the driving force’s seat of the Dodge, earlier than paramedics arrived on the scene and took him to the hospital. In line with the police he was carrying a “very real-looking duplicate gun” and had a earlier legal historical past.