When people run from police, it usually doesn't end well. PIT manuvers. Car crashes. All maner of catastrophe. But they aren't usually this funny. I'll start with the news story, (well, schadenfreude is maybe not quite funny) because it has one pertinent detail. Dashcam video shows car rolling into lake after Forsyth deputies chase fleeing driver.
The car had to be towed out of the lake, and deputies learned it didn't belong to the occupants but was borrowed from a friend.
So if you lend your car to a bone-headed friend, and in the course of a police chase it gets sunk in a lake, will your insurance cover that, or are you SOL?
The driver jumped out of the car, but didn't bother to put it in park, or turn off the ignition.
Police caught the driver and one passenger, though others did manage to elude police.
The 18-year-old driver is charged with DUI drugs, obstruction, fleeing/attempting to elude, speeding, reckless driving, and failure to report striking a fixed object.
The moral of the story seems to be, "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."
I'm tempted to have it skip to the end, but you can do that yourself. The whole video is only 4 minutes long anyway.
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All things considered, want to bet that the car has no insurance and isn't even titled to the current "owner". Sinking that car will probably be a minor inconvenience.
ReplyDeleteSince someone loaned the car to this idiot, one would hope that there would be some penalty, but don't hold your breath.