COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Newly released dash cam video shows the high-speed chase where the Florida Highway Patrol said a Dodge Hellcat hit speeds of 160 miles per hour while on Interstate 75.
This started Friday at 6:23 a.m., when the FHP communications center in Jacksonville got a call about cars that had been reported stolen. During the chase, troopers pursued suspects from Sumter up to Hamilton County and even into Georgia.
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The video shows that once the driver in the 2022 Dodge Hellcat sped past on I-75, the trooper immediately hit the gas and started the chase.
It took the trooper roughly six-and-a-half minutes to catch up to the driver. That was only possible after other troopers used a spike strip on the car.
Several troopers can be seen on the video approaching the car, which had crashed into the median, with guns drawn.
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Troopers found the occupants were nowhere to be found. They had bailed out and ran into the nearby woods.
By 1:20 p.m. Friday, all three suspects were captured and put under arrest.
Charges against them include grand theft, fleeing police and obstructing justice.
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