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On 23 Feb 2022, PaxPerPoten <PaxPerPoten@magik.beanz.net> posted some news:sv5clu$1mssf$70@news.freedyn.de:

Good! Another dead Democrat.

Horrifying police chase video has captured a thief driving a stolen
California cop car jumping out at around 46 mph, killing him.

California Highway Patrol officers were initially called to reports of a reckless driver on Highway 5 near Castaic just before noon on Tuesday.

The suspect, who has yet to be identified, then crashed his own Toyota
Corolla into another vehicle — and somehow jumped into a responding police cruiser and raced away.

A Fox 11 news chopper followed the 90-minute chase, with one of the stolen cruiser’s tires popping off at around 77 mph after running over police
spike strips.

While still going around 46mph, the stolen car’s door suddenly opened —
and the suspect leaped out onto the road.

As his feet touched the ground, he immediately slammed backward — with the local station freezing the moment his head slammed into the highway.

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Fox 11 news chopper saw the suspect getting out while clocking the stolen cruiser going 46 mph.
KTTV
https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=24Kpqr_0lZQMeCn00
Horrifying police chase video caught a thief driving a stolen California
cop car jumping out at more than 40 mph, killing him.
KTTV
Despite officers attempting “life-saving measures” for the driver’s “major injuries,” he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, the CHP said.

After the fatal leap, the abandoned cop car was seen knocking down a
utility pole before coming to a stop in a ditch on the side of the road.

The highway patrol is now investigating how the late suspect was able to
drive off with the responding officer’s car.

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Officers tried to save the suspect’s life, but he was pronounced dead
later at a hospitl.
KTTV
“I do not know what happened in this circumstance, but it is standard procedure” for cruisers to be locked when left running in such cases, CHP Officer Alec Pereyda told Fox 11 at the scene.

A major concern would be suspects being able to access firearms inside the vehicles, the force’s rep said.

“Luckily, they did not become unlocked in the patrol vehicle, and he was
not able to gain access to those,” Pereyda said.

<https://www.newsbreak.com/castaic-ca/2973755120413-horrifying-moment- shows-thief-who-stole-calif-cop-car-leap-to-death-at-46-mph>

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