Remarkable dashcam footage from a police pursuit shows a Jeep SUV becoming briefly but spectacularly airborne when the fleeing driver hit a roadway feature at speed, sending the vehicle flying in a manner that has drawn enormous online attention for both its visual drama and the fortunate fact that no one was seriously injured in the landing. The driver, a convicted felon who had additional legal reasons to avoid police contact, had apparently decided that the risk of the pursuit was preferable to the consequences of stopping, a calculation that the aerial interlude made considerably more complicated. The footage has been shared millions of times.
Fleeing felon pursuits carry enhanced legal consequences in most jurisdictions, and the additional charges accumulated during this pursuit will compound significantly what the suspect was already facing before the chase began. Law enforcement officials noted that the vehicle’s ability to survive the impact and landing is a testament to modern SUV structural engineering, though they were quick to point out that the outcome could easily have been fatal given the forces involved. The pursuit ended with the suspect in custody and facing a substantially longer list of charges than existed at the beginning of the incident.
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