By Steven Symes 
Running from police is a dumb and selfish thing to do, but this Dodge Challenger driver learned that lesson the hard way. Dashcam footage obtained from Arkansas State Police shows the Mopar muscle car flee from a traffic stop, only to wreck out at 160 mph, ejecting the driver.
Dodge Challenger fleeing police rides the wall.
We’re not entirely sure what the initial stop was for, but we’re going to guess it was speeding. In the footage, you can see the trooper is sitting blacked out on the side of the highway before he flips on his lights, then pulls over the Challenger.
As you already know, the guy did the dumb little trick of waiting until the trooper was walking up to his vehicle before he sped off, tires squealing. The guy must’ve thought with the higher-powered muscle car, there was no way the trooper could catch him.
For the first while in the footage that seems correct. The suspect driver gets off the main highway and turns on a dark, rough rural road, speeding along like a demon. At one point, the pursuing trooper catches air, which seems to scare him.
But he presses on, seeing the Dodge’s taillights in the distance. Not that we’re fans of when criminals black out while running from police, but this would’ve been a great time for that trick. Of course, the guy might not have been able to see where he was going.
The chase continues on a much nicer two-lane road. That smoother surface must’ve given the suspect more confidence, because he pushes the Mopar to 160 mph. Even on a well-lit, multi-lane interstate with no traffic around that’s a dangerous proposition.
After all, at that speed if you make one wrong move, you’re done for. The guy does and his muscle car leaves the roadway behind, exploding into thousands of pieces. He must’ve not been wearing a seatbelt, because the trooper couldn’t find the driver for a while.
As backup arrives, troopers figure the driver took off on foot. But they later find him, deceased. We guess the guy really didn’t want to go back to prison and he made sure he didn’t.
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