Police Chase Of Suspected Drunk Driver Leads To Crash in Michigan

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** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) ** Police have released dashboard camera footage of their high-speed pursuit through the streets of Bay City. The footage shows a Michigan State Police trooper attempt to pull over a red 2008 Saturn Astra as it heads east on Salzburg Road toward Lafayette Bridge at about 10:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5. The Astra briefly comes to a stop between South Erie and South Wenona streets, before abruptly taking off again. The Astra proceeds over the double-hump bridge as the trooper pursues and radios the situation to colleagues. Just before Broadway Avenue, the trooper attempts to pull alongside the fleeing car, only for the Astra to turn south down Marsac. As the Astra blows through numerous stop signs, dead leaves billowing out in its wake, the trooper radios that it is hitting speeds of 60 mph. The Astra turns onto another side street and comes to a stop, but once again takes off. Over the next few minutes, more law enforcement officers join the chase as the Astra zig-zags down various South End neighborhood streets in a failed effort to shake his pursuers. The Astra nearly hits a parked van and darts through alleys, consistently ignoring stop signs. "He's hit my car once already," the trooper states at one point. When the chase moves onto northbound Broadway, the Astra's driver's side door repeatedly swings open. Just before the former Jamie's Dairies location at 1023 Broadway St., the Astra veers to the left and the lead trooper crashes his patrol vehicle into its side. Seconds later, the Astra's driver exits the vehicle and flees east, then west. Two troopers attempt to nab him, but he sidesteps them. Off camera, troopers and a Bay County sheriff's deputy catch the man and…

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