Posted on 05/17/2011 6:35:45 PM PDT by darrellmaurina
PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (May 17, 2011) — Saint Robert police have released the dash camera footage from a patrol car whose driver pursued Cody Willcoxson, 31, from Fort Leonard Wood to Rolla. The driver, a junior officer, kept up the Thursday morning chase after Chief Curtis Curenton’s car was struck by bullets from an AK-47 fired by Willcoxson during the high speed pursuit on Interstate 44 which at times reached 120 mph. The footage has sounds of racing engines and squealing tires, as well as showing evasive maneuvers by officers as they raced around semi trucks and other vehicles, and went onto the shoulder in an effort to get around slower traffic, culminating in a crash in Rolla. Click here for a link to the 20-minute video and details from the police blotter of minute-by-minute officer reports.
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That was some nifty driving by the cop.
Looked like the cop in the brown crown vic blew the trans cutting across the field. He was smoking bad before he spun out.
Cheers,
knewshound
Pretty cool video. No matter how fast the car, the tires are still the weak link.
Kudos to that police officer.
That was some kind of interstate pursuit! God Bless the cops that chased and finally caught that maniac...
Didn't look like the tranny to me. Looked more like he holed the oil pan.
If he tore the trans cooler lines from the radiator, then coolant would dump.
Would have been hilarious if one of the cops on the side of the highway decided to T-bone that bozo.
Ahh, didn't catch that bit.
You could be right.
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