but the results are not what he expected. i was worried he wasn t stopping, but now that he was driving on flat tires and on the rims i was worried. with smoke billowing from the tires, the camaro is still speeding along at 80 miles an hour, but at last it runs over a final set of stop sticks. unable to continue driving on rims, the driver stops the camaro in the middle of the street. patrolman villa races to the driver s side window with his collapsible baton, confident about his second chance at the suspect. get out! i knew he wasn t going to get away this time. get out of the car. get out of the car. the driver, 23-year-old damian karees, is hauled out of the car and arrested. he pleads guilty to driving
driving, so i know that if he got into an accident at those speeds that somebody usually gets terminated. patrolman villa races ahead to set up more stop sticks. i m going to head up a little bit. but as before, the camaro manages to get around them. i want to get this guy under control. and i m getting a little bit frustrated. police deploy stop sticks again and again. and each time the driver somehow is able to avoid them. did not get him. then sergeant ramero revises his strategy. after seeing we didn t succeed with deploying the stop sticks, i set up two sets instead of one. the plan works and the camaro s tires are punctured.
new mexico state police hears about a pursuit in progress involving a camaro outside of las vegas, new mexico. a few minutes earlier the car has been pulled over for speeding and suspicion of dui, but the driver sped off before he could be detained. patrolman villa joins the chase. be advised. blue camaro just had his flashers on. unknown reason. when i got behind the camaro, it was traveling in and out of lanes. it was traveling at a high rate of speed. also following the camaro is the sergeant who first pulled over the speeding car. the driver is refusing instructions to stop, and police decide to set up stop sticks in his path, hoping to puncture the car s tires. when we first deployed the stop sticks, the suspect pulled into the median, and at that time that s when the sergeant pulled his vehicle in front of the suspect s vehicle. the chase appears to be at an end, but the driver isn t giving up so easily.
we attempted to pull out the driver from the vehicle, and he wasn t cooperating with us, so at that point, that s when we determined we had to break the glass of the vehicle. using his side arm, sergeant ramero, seen here in the white shirt, tries as hard as he can to shatter the window, but the glass on the new camaro is difficult to break. other officers try to break the glass, but they can t. the camaro drives around the barricade and takes off. we re still not done. in no time he s going at speeds in excess of 110 miles an hour, crossing the median, and heading straight into oncoming traffic. what i was thinking was that he s intoxicated, and he s
about a pursuit in progress involving a camaro outside of las vegas, new mexico. a few minutes earlier the car has been pulled over for speeding and suspicion of dui, but the driver sped off before he could be detained. patrolman villa joins the chase. be advised. blue camaro just had his flashers on. when i got behind the camaro, it was traveling in and out of lanes. it was traveling at a high rate of speed. also following the camaro is the sergeant who first pulled over the speeding car. the driver is refusing instructions to stop, and police decide to set up stop sticks in his path, hoping to puncture the car s tires. when we first deployed the stop sticks, the suspect pulled into the median, and at that time that s when the sergeant pulled his vehicle in front of