oh, crap, it s going to be ugly. january 25, 2002, 1:30 p.m. state trooper mike val verde is west of albuquerque, new mexico, patrolling i-40, the most heavily traveled highway in the state. suddenly, he gets a shock. there s a white truck going the wrong way on the divided highway, and it s headed straight for him. it actually was in the fast lane, and this thing wasn t doing anything but coming at us. val verde yanks his car to the right to avoid a collision and hits his lights. initiated my emergency equipment, which is what activates my camera. the driver sails by, oblivious, at 70 miles an hour. val verde knows he must try to stop him before he kills someone. the officer calls for backup and makes a violent u-turn, just managing to avoid hitting an oncoming car. i pursue the vehicle in the westbound lanes of traffic so i m going the correct flow of traffic and i m watching him go against traffic.
i knew i wasn t doing anything. open your mouth. although the drug creates problems when he is tested, according to bean it has become his lifeline. he says he needs the medication to cope with the anxiety and stress of being incarcerated for murder of his girlfriend. and you know just when i think i have a grip on it, these wounds are scar tissue, i thought was healed just opens back up all over again. and you know i m sometimes partially in tears, sometimes i just want to hit the off switch when i don t have one. there s no on and off to a lot of this stuff. it happens when it happens and i just got to deal with it. on the eve of his 30th birthday bean s cell mate dustin trowbridge has spent nearly half of his life in prison for murdering and assaulting a
escapade. she was charged with driving under suspension, resisting her arrest and threatening a public official. she was convicted of all the charges, served jail time and was fined. it was a shocking moment caught on dash cam, a reminder that for an officer any traffic stop can be a matter of life or death. that s a rarity when somebody will just calmly tell you that there s going to be a killing tonight. it s unusual. that hasn t happened to me prior to that or since. coming up a trooper risks his life trying to prevent a tragedy. i noticed a vehicle, and this thing wasn t doing anything but coming at us.
state. suddenly, he gets a shock. there s a white truck going the wrong way on the divided highway, and it s headed straight for him. it actually was in the fast lane, and this thing wasn t doing anything but coming at us. val verde yanks his car to the right to avoid a collision and hits his lights. initiated my emergency equipment, which is what activates my camera. the driver sails by, oblivious, at 70 miles an hour. val verde knows he must try to stop him before he kills someone. the officer calls for backup and makes a violent u-turn, just managing to avoid hitting an oncoming car. i pursue the vehicle in the westbound lanes of traffic so i m going the correct flow of traffic and i m watching him go against traffic. it s traffic chaos.
another one is praised by police in north platte, nebraska. why? it it s a different story caught on the dash board camera of investigator roth frees, on may 17, 2009. call was a subject driving rather erratically. a dark pickup weaving toward him in the middle lane. it appears to be leading a parade. had several vehicles behind it. one of the vehicles had its flashers on like it was trying to warn other motorists. i noticed the vehicle continued to come towards my lane of travel head-on towards me but it was moving rather slowly. this erratic vehicle belongs to restaurant owner philip mains. just a few minutes earlier, he was driving home with his two young sons in the back seat. joe passed the mall. it was roughly about 6:15, 6:20 and actually, that was the last thing i remember. and then mains, a diabetic, fainted behind the wheel.