Here's The Moment A Red Light Running Cop Wipes Out An Innocent Motorist

Police pursuits are inherently dangerous, so it falls on the cops to use their judgement about how exactly to pursue. This officer makes a serious error as he blasts through a red light and hits a Toyota Corolla

Darren Cassey

20 May 2016

Cops run red lights all the time - it helps them catch bad people and save lives - but it’s on them to slow down and assess the situation before doing so. Unfortunately, this officer in Ocoee, Florida, made a massive error of judgement when he blew through a red light without slowing down, wiping out a Toyota Corrolla in the process.

Officer Chris Bonner was pursuing two armed robbery suspects when the incident occurred, and reports suggest he was travelling 90mph when he crashed. The driver of the Corolla was 26-year-old Yahaira Castro, who suffered serious injuries. Apparently, paramedics pulled her from the wreckage by her broken arms…

The officer has been fined $164 and received four points on his driving license for running the red light, while Castro has confirmed that she is suing the city of Ocoee.

Source: Jalopnik

Comments

It isn’t ones fault, both did mistakes. It’s absolutely irresponsible by the officer to blast thru that intersection at 90 mph, but the corolla clearly didn’t try to brake or accelerate to clear the way for the police car. At the end the officer did the main fault, for which a 164$ fine isn’t enough. But the driver of the corolla shouldn’t be suing the city as she clearly has made a mistake aswell.

It was technically the Corolla’s fault because how do you get blindsided by a cop with lights and sirens on, the Corolla should have stopped

No excuse for the officer. One of the most important rules in police chases is to give up if its too risky for traffic. Although in a chase you can run a red light, you should slow down, real life is not GTA.

I know this is wrong but am i the only one who loled at officers name officer bonner. I know im bad. I know im an ass.

lucky it didn’t hit them right in the middle

Freaking USA cops. they are just a bunch of bmw drivers

Its actually required for US cops to slow down on a red like that to make sure people give the right of way. What this cop did was just plain stupid and a terrible judgement of public safety. He most likely will sit on desk duty for a long time for being so blaintly idiotic. The one thing you’re not supposed to do as a police officer is endanger innocent people. Which is exactly what he did. He would be better off letting the crooks go than kill an innocent person. I hope he gets serious punishment and desk duty for the rest of his days.