Newly released dashcam video shows a fleeing car flip onto its side during a Florida Highway Patrol chase in Miami-Dade County, capturing yet another dramatic roadside termination in a county that has seen several this year. The footage shows troopers pursuing the vehicle before it rolled during the encounter, according to the clip's description.
The video, published by NBC 6 South Florida, shows the moment the fleeing car flipped as Florida Highway Patrol troopers worked to end the chase.
The footage adds to a run of similar dashcam releases out of Miami-Dade this year. In May, a trooper used a Precision Immobilization Technique, or PIT, maneuver to flip a red Dodge pickup tied to a kidnapping investigation, sending it into a parked car in Northwest Miami-Dade, according to CBS News — a chase Hoodline covered in its own report on the flipped red pickup chase.
A County Familiar With FHP's Tactical Endings
The pattern goes back further. In March, dashcam video obtained by Local 10 News showed a trooper performing a PIT maneuver on Interstate 95 near North Miami Beach to stop a driver who had reached 109 mph on the Palmetto Expressway, a chase during which the suspect discarded a handgun. That footage was the subject of Hoodline's earlier report on the 109-mph I-95 spinout.
Highway Interchanges Have Become Flashpoints
Not every chase this year ended with a PIT maneuver alone. Also in August, a driver fleeing an FHP trooper at speeds above 90 mph in North Miami-Dade went the wrong way onto an entrance ramp and struck another vehicle head-on near the Golden Glades Interchange before fleeing on foot, a crash Hoodline detailed in its coverage of the Golden Glades head-on crash.
The state revised its pursuit policy to give troopers more discretion, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
The Legal Stakes for Fleeing Drivers
Under Florida Statutes § 316.1935, judges are barred from withholding adjudication of guilt for felony fleeing convictions, according to the Florida Senate. Aggravated fleeing or eluding at high speeds or with wanton disregard for safety is classified as a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in state prison under § 316.1935(3), per Online Sunshine.
