Man running wildly after crash, runs handcuffed onto I-20 and is struck by vehicle, police say Updated: 9:31 PM CDT Apr 1, 2021
Pearl police investigate Updated: 9:31 PM CDT Apr 1, 2021
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Show Transcript 16 WAPT S CECIL HANNIBAL TAKES US THROUGH HOW THE BIZARRE INCIDENT UNFOLDED. ON WEDNESDAY BYSTANDERS IN PEARL WERE SHOCKED AT WHAT TOOK PLACE RIGHT ON I-20 WEST BOUND. NAT POP 29 YEAR OLD DAVID CRESSMAN SWERVED OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO NOT ONE BUT TWO EXIT SIGNS IN PEARL. BUT THAT WASN T ALL THERE S MORE. SOT- GREG FLYNN - CITY OF PEARL PIO 00:53 - HE JUMPED OUT OF HIS WRECKED TRUCK AND STARTED JUMPING AT VEHICLES THAT WERE COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE 0:58 VO A PEARL POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED AND SUSPECTED HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE .HE TRIED TO DETAIN THE SUSPECT BUT THINGS WENT LEFT. SOT- GREG FLYNN 01:11- WELL AS SOON AS HE GOT THE CUFFS ON HE KIND OF GOT AWAY AND RAN RIGHT UP THE GRASS HILL ONTO THE INTERSTATE WHERE HE GOT HIT BY CHRYSLE