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A slow-speed police chase outside Kansas City in Missouri ended with fireworks Sunday night, after the suspect’s “hoopty” truck rolled over and burst into flames, according to crime scene video.
The suspect pulled into a wooded area behind his home and fled on foot around 11:20 p.m., with smoke pouring out of the pickup, video recorded on a deputy’s dashboard camera shows.
Soon there was a burst of flame, which appeared to spread from the cab and shot out several feet from the driver’s side of the truck.
“That feeling when the suspect you were trying to catch takes off on foot, leaving his hoopty truck to catch fire and explode, which knocks it out of gear and sends it rolling into the unoccupied patrol car,” the Clay County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post that included the video.
See the dashcam video:
The deputy had left his vehicle to chase the suspect on foot, authorities said.
The Kansas City Fire Department put out the flames.
“Fortunately, no one was in the vehicles, they were off running in a field, so no one got hurt,” according to the sheriff’s office. “And we got the suspect into custody.”
According to local reporting, deputies first encountered the driver during a traffic stop. He allegedly had no plates on the vehicle and appeared “shaky” and under the influence, according to the Kansas City-based KCTV.
When a deputy asked him to exit the vehicle, he allegedly drove off at about 45 mph, according to the station.
A second deputy arrived, chocked the truck’s tires and backed the patrol vehicle to safety before it caught fire, too.
The sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to questions about what charges the suspect could face. His name was not immediately available.
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