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Dangerous driver Ethan Vernall has been jailed for 14 months after leading police officers on a 35-minute chase through the streets of Stoke-on-Trent.
At one point the 30-year-old travelled the wrong way along the A50 before eventually being snared by a police stinger on the Normacot slip-road.
Heart-stopping footage shows the terrifying moment a coked-up driver sped the wrong away along a dual carriageway during a dramatic 40 minute police chase.
Ethan Vernall, 30, was captured in shocking dash-cam video leading officers on a high-speed pursuit through the streets of Stoke-on-Trent on April 19 last year.
The father-of-four can be seen narrowly avoided collisions with oncoming traffic after he travelled the wrong way along the A50 in a bid to evade capture.
Ethan Vernall, 30, was captured in shocking dash-cam video leading officers on a high-speed pursuit through the streets of Stoke-on-Trent on April 19 last year
Vernall, of Stone, Staffordshire, spent 40 minutes trying to escape from police
Criminals jailed in January 2021
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Murderers, thugs and perverts are among the criminals from in and around Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire locked up by courts in the area in recent weeks.
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Drugged-up motorist Ethan Vernall took police on a 35-minute chase before crashing into another car after driving the wrong way on the A50. The 30-year-old hit excessive speeds in built up areas, went the wrong way around roundabouts, jumped red lights and drove on the wrong side of the A50.
Ryan Bradbury pleaded guilty to drink driving and driving without a licence or insurance (Image: Stoke Sentinel)
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Music tutor Ryan Bradbury was caught drink driving – without a licence or insurance.