By Steven Symes 
Two lovebirds decided to use their Toyota Avalon to run from an Arkansas with a twist that makes Romeo and Juliet look like well-adjusted individuals. Like so many other police chases, this one started with a speed violation but quickly escalated into a dangerous cat and mouse game with high stakes for the suspects, cops, and innocent bystanders.
This is how you really disappoint your mother.
Even though they’re not as common as the Camry, we’ve seen a few suspects try running from police in a Toyota Avalon before. It’s never turned out great, but this chase involving Arkansas State Police is even more tragic than we expected.
An Avalon has more power and explosive acceleration than most would assume, however those are watered down by the soft, sloppy handling dynamics. Plus, they’re long as a full-size sedan, so they’re not exactly a sports car.
Right off the bat in this chase you see the Avalon trying to carve through a parking lot and the driver is struggling to blast through the turns. Still, he gives it a good, solid try before hopping a curb and taking to the street. The trooper also struggles, crashing through a real estate sign – that’s foreshadowing.
Once on the open road, our Romeo can really open up the Avalon’s throttle and he surprisingly stars gapping the trooper in his Dodge Charger. But we hear the trooper say something over the radio about his cruiser having sustained damage when he hit the sign, so that would explain that.
But the road our suspects are running on has plenty of sweeping turns. While going through one of these, that famous mushy Avalon handling comes into play, the full-size sedan veering off the shoulder and right into a barn that’s under construction.
You don’t see anything as the trooper parks with his vehicle pointed away from the crashed Toyota, but you hear the man yell his passenger is hurt. Plus, you can hear she’s screaming in pain. It turns out she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and broke her neck in the collision.
Both lovebirds tested positive for meth later. Drugs will mess you up, same as running from police.
Image via Police Pursuits/YouTube
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