As seen by a driver’s dashboard camera in California, the patrol car of a Los Angeles County deputy went airborne on Wednesday after it collided with another vehicle at a busy intersection.
The collision occurred at the Santa Clarita intersection of Newhall Ranch Road and Bouquet Canyon Road just before 12:30 p.m.
On camera, the deputy is seen driving through the intersection when a gold Lexus smashes into the side of the cruiser. The police car is thrown into the air and spins, coming to a stop right-side up after colliding with a silver SUV at a stop sign.
Dashcam witness Allen Rapisura said of the collision, “[It] just happened so fast,” to news in Los Angeles. “It’s like something you see in the movies.”
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puty was admitted to the hospital with minor injuries and later discharged, according to the sheriff’s office.
LASD Sgt. Sherry Clark told FOX11, “I think it speaks volumes that Santa Clarita, the community loves the cops here.”
The Santa Clarita Valley newspaper, The Signal, alleged that the deputy was responding to a complaint of an ongoing burglary from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Santa Clarita Station.
According to the news, the elderly driver of the gold Lexus was not hurt in the collision, but the driver of the SUV that the patrol car struck also received medical attention at a hospital before being released.
