West Midlands Police has released some dashcam footage of a high-speed pursuit where the driver of a Golf GTi, who was already disqualified from driving, made off from the police.
Initially, the lead unit behind the fleeing vehicle was an unmarked Roads Policing Unit, who pulled over during the pursuit in order to let the marked unit take the lead position. This is because the marked unit is more visible to the public.
The GTi driver put the lives of innocent members of the public at risk, when he reached speeding of nearly 100 mph in a 40 mph zone in his selfish bid to escape the consequences of his actions.
However, it was not long before the GTi driver lost control of his vehicle before ploughing into some street furniture. Thankfully, no members of the public or police officers were hurt in the crash.
Before you go...
We need your help. As former emergency services & armed forces personnel, we pride ourselves on bringing you important, fast-moving and breaking news stories which are free from the negative bias which is often directed at the emergency services by some sections of the mainstream media.
One of the reasons we started 'Emergency Services News' was because we became tired of reading badly informed stories about the emergency services which seemed only ever to highlight negative aspects of the job.
We want to be the unheard voice of the remarkable men and women who serve in the emergency services, NHS and armed forces. And with around 500k page views each month, we are getting there!
As income from ads, the mainstay source of income for most publishers, continues to decline; we need the help of our readers.
And remember, if you have a service, product or job vacancy that you would like to promote to our large readership, then you can buy advertising space in our articles.
You can support emergency services news from as little as £1. It only takes a minute. Every contribution, however big or small, is vital for our future.
Please help us to continue to highlight the life-saving work of the emergency services, NHS and armed forces by becoming a supporter.
