A police vehicle in pursuit of armed robbery suspects screamed through a red light last week, obliterating an unsuspecting driver.
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According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Officer Chris Bonner, 29, of Ocoee, was northbound on Orange Blossom Trail with his cruiser’s lights and sirens activated when he crashed into a Toyota Corolla, which was headed east on Holden Avenue.
WFTV reports that this pursuit down Orange Blossom Trail reached 90 miles per hour, and indeed that Charger sure looks like it’s hauling ass in the traffic camera clip.
The driver of the auto and the officer both survived, but with serious injuries.
The woman that he hit, Yahaira Castro Montalvo, 26, suffered two broken arms and plans to file a lawsuit, Click Orlando reported.
And the bad guy got away too.
The female driver suffered two broken arms in the crash and can not work.
‘This was a needless high-speed pursuit that ran through a red light that violated the Ocoee Police Department’s guidelines, ‘ attorney Brian Crews said.
“They had to actually pull me by my arms from out of the vehicle”, Castro said at a news conference Wednesday.
Bonner suffered a broken leg, wrist and ankle, his mother told Channel 9.
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A Florida police officer has been fined after running a red light and colliding with a woman’s auto during a high-speed pursuit.
