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
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Below your Facebook post i got this “related to” suggestion :p
There’s nothing to it, I believe I can fly.
Finally some local content, sucks it had to be like this though. I guess someone wanted to recreate the Dukes of Hazzard in real life.
suspension is one thing. it’ll still move if all driveshafts are good. won’t drive well, but it’ll drive
didn’t mean to put this here
Just as I finished watching Driver San Francisco!
When you’re about to lose a 90,000 skill chain so you do something really risky
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http://www.throttlextreme.com/caught-camera-toyota-tacoma-launched-air-police-chase/
Someone took Lenny Kravitz a little too seriously.
muffled dixie horn in the distance