Arkansas trooper retires after pulling dramatic PIT maneuver on wrong car
Arkansas State Police officers say a trooper has retired after he crashed his car into the wrong car throughout a pursuit.
The incident occurred on Sunday on Interstate 40. At round 8:30 p.m., the trooper carried out a Tactile Vehicle Intervention (TVI), additionally known as a PIT maneuver, “in error” throughout a pursuit close to Mile Marker 265.
Authorities stated the trooper had been in pursuit of two automobiles touring sooner than 100 mph. One of the automobiles being chased was a white, four-door sedan.
Unfortunately, the trooper in pursuit misidentified a bystander’s car because the suspect’s car and executed the PIT maneuver, crashing into the wrong car and bringing it to a halt.
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An Arkansas state trooper carried out a PIT maneuver to cease a fleeing car on Sunday, however it was the wrong white sedan, officers stated. (Arkansas Police Department)
Dashcam footage of the pursuit exhibits the trooper’s car touring at excessive velocity on I-40 in pursuit of the suspects. The trooper passes a number of automobiles earlier than his car approaches the white sedan, which flashes its brake lights because the trooper attracts close to.
But because the white sedan slows down, the trooper rams his car into the rear left aspect of the sedan, sending it flying into the shoulder of the freeway.
The trooper’s PIT maneuver despatched the white sedan flying into the shoulder of Interstate 40. Officials stated neither the driving force nor a passenger have been injured and declined medical therapy on the scene. (Arkansas Police Department)
Both the driving force and a passenger within the stopped vehicle have been unhurt and declined medical therapy, authorities stated.
A PIT maneuver is a pursuit tactic utilized by regulation enforcement to cease suspects in a fleeing car. The maneuver entails the pursuing police officer utilizing his car to bump the suspect’s car on the aspect close to a rear wheel, which causes the car in entrance to spin uncontrolled and cease.
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The trooper concerned within the PIT maneuver has retired and an investigation into the incident is ongoing. (Arkansas Police Department)
State police officials stated the trooper’s supervisor instantly started an inside evaluate of the incident, which is ongoing. The trooper concerned within the crash, Cpl. Thomas Hubbard, has submitted his letter of retirement and has not been on obligation for the reason that incident.
In 2021, an Arkansas girl sued a state trooper who she stated “negligently performed” a PIT maneuver that resulted in her car flipping over on the freeway at 60 miles per hour in July 2020.
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A FOX16 investigation that 12 months revealed that PIT maneuvers have been more and more being utilized by the Arkansas State Police. Between January 2017 and December 2020, PIT maneuvers have been used 306 instances, with half of these taking place in 2020, in keeping with the native information outlet.
At least 30 individuals have died and lots of extra have been injured since 2016 from PIT maneuvers, in keeping with The Washington Post. Eighteen of these deaths occurred after police tried to cease an individual for dashing or one other minor visitors violation.
Fox News’ Paul Best contributed to this report.