Escaped Convict Launches Pickup Into The Air As Police Chase Ends In Most Michael Bay Way Possible
It might look like behind-the-scenes footage from a Michael Bay film or perhaps a Fast and Furious installment, but this is indeed a real-life police chase. And a stupidly scary one at that.
It all started in Webster Parish, Louisiana on Tuesday afternoon, when a stolen Toyota Tacoma was pulled over for speeding. While the driver spoke to the deputy, 18-year-old passenger Kevonte Dekorey Austin - who’d escaped from a work release programme - jumped into the driver’s seat and sped off.
A chase that reached speeds of up to 115mph followed, ending when Austin hit a spike strip. After leaving the road, the Tacoma went down a ditch, exiting at a speed high enough to launch the pickup into the air. It landed in a restaurant car park onto another vehicle - which was occupied at the time.
Incredibly, neither Austin, nor Barbara Harlon - the occupant of the vehicle the Tacoma landed on - suffered serious injury. Austin and the original driver have been taken into custody.
Source: KSLA
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Comments
Wow
All that Tacoma really needed was a paint job something like this.
Fly away, Stanley Be Free!
Craigslist seller: light front end damage. $30,000
I posted this first
No credit?
Man please! That won’t even scratch a Toyota Pickup!
Meanwhile if you attempted the same jump on Forza Horizon
I thought they’ve finnished the F&F 8 filmming
‘When you try your best but you don’t succeed’