Dashcam Footage Captures Terrifying High-Speed Crash During Traffic Stop in Virginia
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Dash-cam footage released by Fairfax County police shows a 17-year-old driver going "well over 120 mph" in a 2018 BMW M3 spin across a median and hit a stopped car and an officer making a traffic stop in Virginia. The officer saw the car coming and ran, avoiding serious injury. The driver was ticketed for reckless driving, and the officer and driver of the stopped car had minor injuries. The officer's decision to approach the passenger side of the car he stopped may have saved his life.
- ‘Well Over 120 mph': Dash-Cam Video Shows Out-of-Control Car Nearly Hit Officer in Wild Crash NBC4 Washington
- Video: Dashcam captures high-speed crash during traffic stop in Virginia WCVB Boston
- 5.1.23 Traffic Crash Sully Police District Fairfax County Police Department
- Police: Close call for officer after speeding teen driver loses control of car in Fairfax Co. WTOP
- SEE IT: Fairfax officer narrowly escapes as car crosses median, slams into traffic stop WJLA
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