Press Release - JENNETTE, Ark.- On Monday, April 1, 2024, at approximately 9:24 p.m., an Arkansas State Trooper attempted to stop a vehicle traveling eastbound on Interstate 40 near Exit 265 in Crittenden County. The driver, identified as Courtney Ridgeway, 28, of Smyrna, Tenn., failed to stop. Troopers pursued the fleeing vehicle, which reached speeds of more than 100 miles per hour for approximately two miles on Bing’s Store Road. Ridgeway lost control of her vehicle on the gravel road and crashed into a ditch. The Crittenden County Coroner pronounced Ridgeway deceased at the scene at approximately 10:42 p.m. Two passengers in the suspect’s vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries. “This incident underscores why Arkansas State Police has been cautioning the public for months about the dangers of fleeing from law enforcement,” said ASP Colonel Mike Hagar. “Fleeing is reckless and has serious consequences. When you see blue lights in your rearview mirror, be smart. Pull over.” ----------------------------------- Trooper's Report: On Monday, April 1, 2024, at approximately 9:21 P.M., I observed a 2020 white Ford Fusion (TX temp tag: 4902F84) traveling eastbound on Interstate 40 near the 263-mile marker. As the Fusion entered Crittenden County near the 265-mile marker, I observed it following a commercial truck and trailer at approximately 1 car length or closer. I attempted to conduct a traffic stop with the Fusion as it exited Interstate 40 at the 265-mile marker by initiating my emergency lights on my marked patrol unit. The Fusion disregarded my emergency equipment and began fleeing at speeds over 100 M.P.H., traveling north on Bing’s Store Road. I attempted a T.V.I. on the vehicle while traveling north on the asphalt portion of Bing’s Store Road, but it was ineffective. The Fusion then continued fleeing, reaching speeds over 116 M.P.H. I was notified the road transitioned from asphalt to gravel and I began backing off the fleeing vehicle. At approximately 9:25 P.M., the Fusion entered the gravel portion of Bing’s Store Road, causing dust to block its taillights. Once out of the dust, I observed the Fusion was overturned facing east in the east ditch on Bing’s Store Road. Trooper Dairren Evans and I gave the rear passenger (Austin Cockrell) and front passenger (Allison Martin) verbal commands to crawl out of the vehicle. Cockrell and Martin were detained without incident. Troopers then observed the driver (Courtney Ridgway) lying on her back approximately 40 feet on the east side of the overturned Fusion in a field. Ridgway had a faint pulse and was unresponsive. Jennette Fire Department, Crittenden EMS, and West Memphis Fire Department made the scene and rendered aid to the occupants of the Fusion. Martin was transported to the Regional One Medical Center by the West Memphis Fire Department. Cockrell refused to be transported to a medical facility, but I transported him to Baptist Crittenden Hospital upon his request once he was released from the scene. The Corner (William Wolfe) was notified, made the scene, and advised a time of death of 10:42 P.M., for Ridgway. Bowden’s Wrecker Service towed the vehicle.
Seat belts were never really invented to keep you from being ejected. They were invented because the ambulance drivers back then were too lazy to look for the bodies.
A ticket if she pulled over. Or jail if she had a warrant. Regardless, both are better options than dying in a field because you didn’t want to take responsibility for your actions.
if its a warrant simple warrant from out of state, they are just going to say "take care of it" If get a ticket its pretty simple most corts will give you ways to work it out. From TN makes it easier to understand doing something dumb
@@laserguidedtrollmasterfromHell Well if she had survived she would be looking at another decade in jail for endangering the lives of her 2 passengers like that ! Running with passengers in the car is double stupid.
Imagine being a passenger of someone who decides to flee. It must be terrifying to be completely at their mercy. I’m happy the passengers were alright.
I've seen several videos where the passenger had nothing to do with the actions of the driver. Each one was absolutely terrified. I'm always reminded of a close call I had in HS. I was in a friend's car when he recognized two cars that were about to race. He immediately took off after them to join. I had an overwhelming sickening feeling that I needed to get out. To my horror, when I asked him to chill out or quickly let me out, he responded with, "You shouldn't have gotten in the car!" and initially refused. Mercifully, he angrily pulled over eventually and I jumped out. The dude practically clipped me with the car as he took off. Although nothing happened with him, I've learned far enough that when your gut is genuinely telling you to quit doing something, you stop. He could drive like an absolute psychopath, so maybe that momentary pause caused him to miss a collision or a cop? Anything is possible. Whenever I see videos like this it always reminds me of how scary such situations can be. I was lucky.
@@cagebeast I agree with you, but what about the 2 she had with her? Fine if you don't value your life, at least value the ones you're with. Not that there's any good excuse to run from the cops, but if she wasn't drunk or on something, and she had no warrants and a legal license, (the typical things as to why people run), then this was all for nothing. All he was going to stop her for was following too close. SMH Sad and tragic. The most common thing is common sense isn't common.
Whats weird is there is a facebook post from her account at 4:30 the night she died. She died around 9. Somehow she shared a post saying "People who have been hustling and surviving with no help since 17 are TIRED. What I mean by “no help” is no guidance throughout life, no guidance on how to get your career going, no understanding of credit or finances, no one to depend on during times of confusion, etc. just walked into everything blindfolded and had to figure it out on your own. It’s just taking us a little longer to get there which is okay but also draining." Its a little creepy. She seemed like a totally normal, but a little damaged chick. You could tell she was not on the best path but not a bad person. I kinda wonder if she just ran because she was bored. It seems that way, or maybe a minor warrant.
I do feel for the passengers. Crappy way to treat them in a situation like that not knowing if she was going to run or some crazy uber ride went wrong.
I’ve been a passenger in the car with someone who refused to stop for police. It’s ABSOLUTELY terrifying & nobody listens to shit you have to say from the back seat. You’re basically collateral damage at that point. So sad.
True😢and this is why I don't ride in the car with other people, you never really know what folks got going on in their minds nor lives ijs......nor do I let anyone drive my vehicle(HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER)period point blank
They don’t have time to show these videos in school. They are too busy indoctrinating kids into believing that there is no gender, that they can identify as a cat, and that white people are evil.
I don't even live in the country and know not to mess with Arkansas State Police. I love watching these video's cos they don't mess about. It's sad when someone dies but don't be a fool and run.
100MPH on a narrow gravel road at night, then TURNS OFF the headlights! That's a 10 out of 10 Darwin Award. Her passengers are lucky they weren't killed too. Next time hopefully they'll choose their driver more wisely.
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@@ThePianoMan1953 I'm not certain how to answer that... I'm astonished at the Dead Coldness everyone has for the woman that DIED. There *IS* the possibility that *Police Chases can be Aborted* ... By *The Troopers Themselves* ! Or Is That Not Fun Enough for you?
Im Triangle messenger of GOD..DANIEL..IM A WATCHER OF GOD..truth be known the guy was driving and they blamed the poor girl that died..the car belong to the girl that lived
At least her friends were smart enough to wear their seatbelts. I also thought the trooper should have lightened up a bit on the female passenger, who was clearly a victim at that point, not a perpetrator. Especially after she asked about the driver, he was still very abrupt with her.
@@kevino4846 Nonsense The female passenger was the ONLY one in the front seats and was likely the driver, trooper did not know one was ejected at that point.
@@BartSparrow123 you two should get a room and watch the video again. I was referencing the point at which she was already in cuffs, which is when she asked about the driver. At that point he was still verbally abusing her.
Getting a ticket sucks. Going to jail sucks ass. But speeding off, wrecking your car and dying? Not to mention putting friends, other innocent motorists and pedestrians at risk? Bro, just stop. 😔
I was returning home from my daughter’s college, many years ago. It was early in the morning, on unfamiliar winding two lane roads. I noticed a set of tracks going off the road, so I turned around and went back to investigate. Once I got out of my car, I could hear the overturned car beeping. I looked in and around the car and found nobody. The engine block was cold. This was before cell phones, and I have no idea where I am at. I just got back in my car and continued my 14 hour drive home.
Not sure it was intentional, but yes, that is wise. Think of the guy they just saved after he was trapped in his truck for five days after going off the road. Maybe that wouldn't have helped him, but other cases it might. And it's just a simple alteration to the alarm system. Make the alarm go off if the airbags deploy. It won't work if the battery is destroyed, but sometimes it will. And cars going down banks and into trees is not that uncommon, and often the passing traffic doesn't notice anything amiss.
If you're dumb enough to not use a seatbelt, you're dumb enough to run from police. All she needed to do was comply, but nope. Looks like common sense is not all that common anymore.
I am living proof that wearing a seat belt makes all the difference in a rollover as to whether you walk away or get taken to the morgue in a body bag. I was t-boned, rolled three times and landed on the passenger side. Once they managed to cut me out of what was left of my truck all I had was a small cut on my left wrist and a LOT of bruises. What she did was just so needlessly stupid and she paid the ultimate price for it.
@@cheryaljones9467 I am. I miss the truck as it was the best vehicle I had ever owned but my daughter convinced me to not get another one so now I drive an SUV.
Had a friend rear ended he was sitting at a red light the car hit him doing 65/70. They told him if he would have his seat belt on he would have been paralyzed from the neck down. He broke his back but was still able to walk. Tons of therapy.
A friend of mine rolled his car at 107 miles an hour. We went through a tree and up a short, but steep hill. Caught 10 feet of air and rolled 7 times before coming to a stop on the driver’s side. I don’t know how we didn’t die
@@delinquensehe means Hell. Hopefully not though, hopefully she just has to do a few hundred years in purgatory or something and apologize for what she did lol
I had a car pool with another parent to bring our kids to middle school in the mornings. The mother never made her kids wear a seat belt! When they got in my car, I told them, "This car isn't going anywhere until *everyone* has their seat belt on!" They weren't in the habit of using them, so I had to remind them often. They are all alive and in their 30s now.
As a retired Police Sgt./Police Instructor/EMT and Professor of Emerg. Medicine, I'd like to say that I would never just stand there and tell the occupants of that car to crawl out on their own, hand cuff them and make them get up and walk without first having them medically assessed. There were enough officers there for scene and personal safety. There was no immenent threat to them to do that. Being that the car flipped and there was an ejection, it is highly likely that the other occupants were injured as well. By making them crawl out themselves and cuffing those passengers for no apparent reason, they could have done further damage to them if they were already injured.
First, Thank you for your service. Second, I'm so happy you posted this. I'm not against LEOs in the slightest bit. You all have a very tough job. In saying that, the way the trooper treated the kid in the back who obviously had zero control over what the driver was doing was out of line. Kicking him to put his arms behind him, very uncalled for. Then the way they were making the girl passenger get up so roughly as she's stating she's hurt, and the way they were talking to her even after they knew she wasn't the driver. I'm actually surprised to not see more comments about those 2 situations.
@@kimmieh8419 I appreciate that. Thank you. I was hesitant to put my comments out there do to hater response however, I did the job and taught police officers. I'm not sure how they teach in other states however, in CT, this would not be acceptable behavior in the slightest. If that girl or guy had a back or neck injury, cuffing them and pulling them up to a standing position could have paralized them or even worse.
As the others said thank you for your post.30 years in EMS in PA I have never seen a police officer do this. Most want us to check the patient's out just to cover their butts. We get that. WE call them to enter a home with a domestic going on because we have no way to protect ourselves. This behavior is highly disturbing. One facture in the neck could permanently handicap one of them. I have had so many calls where people have facture their necks and did not know it. Have one call like that and you will never let a person get out of a car the has done this.
FYI: Blacking out (turning off your lights) while going 100+mph on a gravel road is a terrible idea. Even if you are only going 20 and on any road surface, It's a bad idea.
Yea, very dumb choice that cost them (driver) their life. I’d say the vehicle started to lose traction on a dirt road (like when driving on asphalt and gravel is spilled out into the road - you’re to slow down going over it as it can cause the vehicle to slide if one goes over them too fast). Regular everyday car tires aren’t really designed to have good traction on a dirt road going the speeds they were going. Given that the cop started to come up on debris not too long after clearing the cloud of dust (where he lost the lights), it seems more likely that they spun out not too long after turning the lights off, flipped (debris all along the road for a good ways), and that being the end result: car in a ditch (if they had lights on, they’d still be seen during the wreck with the car turning, so they definitely turned them off) and a body in a field. Tragic.
@@Redslayer86 Nah, lights were turned off. (edit to note the headlights and taillights out of the housing right near the vehicle) Also, if they had lights on, you would still see the beams of light from the front headlights when the car flipped through the cloud of dust as it wasn’t really all that thick. You’d see them shine off to the side as the car was turning (as is the case with many other chases like this that end in wrecks), but it was pitch black with debris in the road being the only major sign they wrecked before headlights from the cop’s vehicle finally shown on the car in the ditch. They flipped for a good ways due to the trail of debris leading up to it along with the headlights right near the vehicle. They were intentionally turned off.
I actually went to school with the driver. It doesn't surprise me that she ran, but I didn't expect a fatal wreck. This is the 4th thing I've seen involving a death from my small town. One person killed someone, another killed 8 people, one passed from a heroin overdose that was laced with fentanyl and now this.
When will people understand that it’s impossible to flee police. Radios and choppers are faster than cars. Also with all the license plate readers, even if you escape you will be caught.
People get away all the time. They just don’t put those ones on TH-cam. This one was about to get away if she knew how to drive. That’s why the cops were worried about the gravel road because once they hit gravel it’s nearly impossible to stop the car because they can’t get close enough with all that dust. You saw how the cop was instantly blinded by the dust and looked like he was about to call off the pursuit until they wrecked.
My brother in law was a coroner and he said very rarely did he have to unbuckle a dead person. Wear your seat belts people! Cars should not start unless whomever is sitting in a seat has their belts buckled.
My son was a paramedic in the early 80's and he responded to a head on collision. A young couple in their 20's had crossed the median and collided with an elderly couple in their 80's. The young couple were fatally injured and upon checking on the elderly couple he found them to be white as a ghost and not moving. The doors were locked so he knocked on the window and both turned to look at him. Needless to say but unlike the young couple they were wearing their seat belts and sustained no injuries. From that day on my son has always worn a seat belt.
Or just let people be dumb if they want to be dumb and stop trying to save them by legislation? The warning chime that won't shut up isn't bad enough, we need more? How about my car that had a faulty sensor so the vehicle kept thinking the front passenger wasn't buckled it and wouldn't shut up even though I was alone, now if you are too poor to pay $2000 for a new seat sensor, you not only need to listen to an annoying chime, you can't even use your car? Because cars definitely aren't complex and expensive enough already.
@@freedomisfromtruth That doesn't sound like a good reason to bet your life in a crash outcome, does it? An almost inexplicable instance of ejection survival does not address the reason he hit the wall hard enough to push the engine into the front seat.
@@suntiki33she didn't say she pitied the dead. She said she had no pity for her, but felt for the people who cared about her. Nothing wrong with saying sorry to the living.
Maybe. The Ford Fusion is sold as the Ford Mondeo outside the US, and Mondeos are used as police cars in many parts of the world. This particular Ford product was designed by Ford Europe and sold worldwide for many years as the Mondeo before being brought to the US as the Fusion. But prior to that, it already had that long history as a police vehicle.
Don't blame yourself, Trooper. You tried your best to get her to stop while she was on solid pavement, and she insisted on being stupid. She took her own life.
Why would the Trooper blame himself? Her decision to playa stupid game! Her choice and old enough to know better!!! Courtney Ridgeway, 28, from Smyrna, Tennessee
I got a lil nervous at first thinking the ejection was when he attempted to pit maneuver them. And when that happens the person driving family completely ignores the fact that they were fleeing. The got nervous when there was dust too. I thought when I first seen it it was because they flipped already. Because I knew it was coming. I was like omg he is going to crash into a stationary vehicle at high speed
I’m glad the passengers were ok. I didn’t like how they were treated and yanked around after barely climbing out of a flipped over car, from a driver who wouldn’t stop.
@@shknight1 how does my statement make me a child? It's really yours that does that, being disrespectful to the dead, first off. And what does the officers having adrenaline or any of their worries have to do with the way they were treating these victims of a car crash!? Please do tell me, since you seem to think you know everything and you could tell people to grow up and you can tell people they are such a child........... Oh that's right you're just a troll take care
@@heidijohannes4271 the dead was a criminal not a victim of a car crash. she put the life of every officer, her friends, and any innocent traveler in jeopardy. the officers first responsibility is to protect himself and the crime scene, he is not their to play paddy cakes. go sing your kumbaya crap to someone else.
Just a dumb kid. Stupid move. Too many movies. So instead she died alone in some god forsaken windblown field in bfe rural Arkansas, and those poor officers got to take that shit home with them.
@@dontlightmyfuse, Something tells me that flying through the windshield at 100 mph isn't applicable to the sustainment of life. By the way, if she was traveling at 50 mph it would take less than a second for her to have impacted the window.
What a tragedy! What on earth could’ve been going on that she decided to attempt to “outrun” the police?! That decision killed her. Thank God no one else was hurt. God rest you, dear girl. ❤️🐈
I don't understand either. I really tried to come up with reasons why but in cases like this excuses are the reasoning with people like this. I wish she could do this over again , she's probably so mad at herself rn
I dated a guy who id been friends with since we were little kids. He refused to wear seatbelts. I was telling him I was so worried about him never wearing it.. he would’ve been 30 this week had he not been ejected from his truck when he got in a car accident 7 years ago.😔
I would bring up examples of things going wrong and she would just use it against me. There was a party shooting in WIsc where underage and adults were at. Oh your just bring up negative things.
There are so many better ways to teach than traumatizing your child with things like this. -coming from someone whose father purposefully traumatized them with content like this and worse for the same reason. It just makes your child scared or wary, and they'll never reach their full potential, I'm living proof...
funny enough i got stopped by asp for this same thing, i didnt want to pass the truck cause the trooper was right behind me, felt like peer pressure lol, but i stopped and got a warning
That is intentional! Police do this to people all the time. They call it a "Forced Error". They pressure you to do something before it is optimal for you. You think you are doing them a favor and getting out of their way and the next thing you know they slide in right behind you. Now you are stuck too close to a semi truck and you have a cop on your ass so you can't hit brakes to slow down to give yourself space. Then they turn their lights on and pull over. You just gave them exactly what they wanted, a reason to pull you over and go fishing for a more serious crime. The lesson here is do not let them to bully you into making a mistake. If they are behind you maintain your lane and the speed limit and wait until you are in a good position to make your next move. I don't care if they have their lights on and you think they are just going to an emergency call. Do not make a move until you can do so without putting yourself in a bad position.
@@rickb3674 well was a few years ago when i was more naive about such things, now i understand it was mostly cause my out of state plates. Still, i didnt like getting squeezed between em cause i didnt want to seem like i was speeding to pass
@@rickb3674they "do it intentionally"? What, drive on the road and make you nervous by being there just as an excuse to pull you over? That makes all the sense. Thanks. You are responsible for driving safely, if you do something dangerous just because a cop was driving behind you, yes, they may pull you over. Because you did something dangerous. And there is zero reason for you not to hit your brakes to slow down to not get to close to traffic in front of you. That is not against the law. The cop behind you is responsible for not hitting you, unless you are actually brake checking him. Although you shouldnt have cut in behind the truck so closely that you need to hit the brakes to create a safe distance to start with. I can't see what remedy the police are supposed to adopt to fix this "problem", unless it's not driving on the highway because it might make people nervous. Or just ban police from pulling people over for minor unsafe driving offenses that occur in front of them, because it might be unfair to the driver who was only nervous because the cop was behind them. Which basically means never pulling anyone over for stuff like that, because the people they pull over are always the ones that did something right in front of them. And incidentally that's how most drunk drivers and warrants get arrested finally, because they were pulled over for some minor offense which is usually just a warning if it was really minor and the person is clean otherwise. If they do ticket you it's because you did something dumb, whatever the reason you did it, and they want you to _not do it again_ . That's literally the reason for traffic citations. They want you to do exactly what you said: drive the speed limit and don't do dangerous shit just because there is a cop behind you. Not sure where you get that this is this nefarious plot they worked out intentionally just to screw you over. They didn't tell you to do it, they didn't ask you to do it, they will pull you over to discourage you from doing it. But they definitely just made you do it so they could have the pleasure of pulling you over . Right.
The scattered possessions of her life that she once clung to, & that held so much value & importance suddenly cast about not to be missed. So very sad for everyone involved.
As a wrecker owner I see this a lot; the next few days the family gets to here and pick her things up and say I cant believe this. I just stand there cant say a word I feel bad for them I just can't fix this. I didn't cause it I just have to deal with it. enough said.
We don't know why she ran but the one cop Darrin Evens man-handling the male passenger who was just in a deadly crash & could have had back or neck injuries. He wasn't talking back resisting or trying to get away. *Crashed @**9:24** & pronounced dead at the scene @**10:42*
Because in most places you have to get a coroners out there to pronounce. Have you ever seen a lot of trauma injuries? EMS was called to the scene. I’m sure they could A: tell the injuries were not compatible with life, or B: worked her on the scene. When resuscitation efforts fail, EMS gets to sit around and cool their heels waiting on the coroner. That was a pretty decent response time. Sometimes it takes hours.
@@LisaLewis-zn2vy yes I know how a coroner works. (We didn't see her or know her injuries so we don't know if she was being worked on & later died or was deceased immediately from the accident) just highlighted the info they shared that she declared deceased over an hour after the accident
Some states require an EMS to bring in victim for a licensed doctor to pronounce death before officially declaring death. Some EMT’s can simply call an ER doctor to officially pronounce death. Coroners just investigate cause of death and initial investigation of the body at the scene. They do not pronounce death, but can give an immediate liver temperature to give an approximate time of death.
With all do respect it looks like they were trying to crawl out on their own before the officer even got out of the car though.....or did I see that wrong 🙆♀️
You just had a car flee from you for unknown reasons and you are approaching a potentially hostile situation. Those people in the car could have had any number of weapons.
@@aquelpibe the passenger was strapped in and the male was in the backseat. Pretty obvious she was driving including the area the driver was ejected from. It's not rocket science.
There were just 3 in the car, and the owner of the car was a passenger in a seat belt, her and I guess her boyfriend who was in backseat, survived. Not sure as to why the driver was not the owner.
@@vickykirby908 More than likely because the passenger who was smart enough to wear a seatbelt was also smart enough to not drive while intoxicated, so asked her friend to drive.
@@kevino4846That's what I was thinking, too. And hearing her saying she had no idea why her friend ran from them. Did they find anything in her system? I didn't see anything in the description saying she was DUI.
For those comments about t the treatment after the crash, you seem to forget the cops have no idea who is in the car, are there weapons, is this a gang, etc.... Somebody can just pull a gun, thee cops don't know if the passengers wanted to stop, or where they all in on trying to escape. Heck, they don't even know how many total people are in the car. Is easy to sit here and think "these poor people just were in an accident, they need help" from the safety of your keyboard.
As a veteran of 23 years in EMS….just what do these police officers think they are doing? Telling rollover victims to crawl out and handcuff????? WTH? What about assessment protocol first? Shame on them!
I hate the thought of someone dying in a field with someone who doesn’t even know your name yelling “Stay with me”. I, in no way condone what she did and I’m so glad she didn’t hurt anyone else, but I don’t have to be ok that she passed away like this.
Her name was coco, she was full of life, and she was only in her 20s, I' can't believe this is how she died . She deserved more then this.. rest in peace baby girl
Ridgeway forgot that she is in Arkansas State Police jurisdiction, and even after a warning PIT @3:51, she still pushed and turned off the light @4:33 to escape and eventually died.
Well it was a straight road, gravel alone doesn't cause accidents, gravel plus speed alone doesn't cause an accident. How you react when surprised by a road suddenly turning to gravel at 100 mph is what matters! Guarantee you she slammed the brakes like 95% of driver's would do in that unexpected situation, causing the full loss of traction. If she had just kept the wheel straight and let off the gas and coasted down to a reasonable speed, that could have been saved easily. Growing up in the country on dirt roads teaches you this pretty quick when you start driving.
@@BartSparrow123yeah that sounds goofy. If you went onto any of my dirt roads even in a perfect straight line at 100 you would crash... they are un even and full of potholes. I know 2 people who crashed because of dips or potholes that made them loose control. They were not doing 100 across the transition either. Sounds like a cool story but you would roll it trying that on our dirt roads..
no it doesnt, potholes and washboards as well as loose substrate. that's all going to make you lose control, and in any of those situations, brakes are your last course of action, let off the gas, grip the wheel and pray. lol
Very sad and Prime example why people should not flee from Law Enforcement! Danger to yourself, the people that are in the vehicle with you, the general public and of course our Law Enforcement. Thank you NST. ❤ ASP, you all do a fantastic job!❤
@@mtkoslowski... What about the Citizen driver, she was going a lot faster then Police, always trying to push blame on others.. If she stopped then there would not have been anyone speeding !
@@Dolly-6782 Sigh… you DO know that this channel is called *”Police Pursuits?”* I was trying to get people to recognize Police Pursuits, the owner of this channel that generously brings us this content. What’s the matter with you?
@@mtkoslowski ... Seriously, if there were NO pursuits then there would be NO channel, if people would use their brain cells & Stop then there would be no pursuit, the only reason there is a channel is because we have people who don't use they're brains..
@@mtkoslowski There are no words to accurately convey the absolute cluelessness of some folks. The OP isn't much higher on the scale than the one you replied to; she, apparently, thinks she's on Natural State Transparency's channel. Cheers, friend.
Obviously the crash was driver error, but a minute or so before the police attempted a PIT at 99 MPH. I think that in this isolated incident, given the dirt road, the high speed, exposed ditches and hydro poles, that was not the ight time to attempt a PIT and could have resulted in more fatalities.
Everything being said... the other passengers of the car should have had possible injuries made priority over getting them in handcuffs. A little compassion in the situation is warranted.
Have a problem w/ treating passengers like criminals(cuffs etc) when they were just in a serious accident. Saw a guy walk on a severely broken ankle after an accident. Rollover could mean serious neck or spinal injury! They are in shock and don't even know it!
@@Nicholas-HTX the point is it’s not always booboos. My dad is an officer, so I completely understand why they are on guard, but if their complicit and have their hands up and he’s checked them for weapons, he doesn’t cuff them. Pedestrian safety matters to..
@@Nicholas-HTXthey had enough officers there smart one... Yeah let's paralyze or break more bones of the victims. That actually makes sense in your bird brain? Pathetic
The white car wasn’t tailgating anyone or speeding when it passed the parked officer. What made him follow it subsequent to his entrance to the highway? It was in the left lane but, wasn’t tailgating anyone until the officer pulled behind the car?
Yeah, feels like a cop created situation. Car got behind the truck to allow the cop to pass. Cop proceeds to follow with no indication of reason. This would of course cause the driver of the car to be focusing on the cop behind them instead of the road ahead. Not blaming the cop for the drivers poor decisions, but the reason for the pull over attempt was a situation caused by the cop stalking the vehicle in the first place. The manhandling of the possibility seriously injured passengers however was awful and 100% a cop problem. Honestly seems like an officer that likes to throw his weight around to feel big.
Wow! Yes the driver definitely should have pulled over. No doubt. But I can find no excuse for how rude and inconsiderate the first 2 troopers were to the passengers that had just been involved in a high speed automobile rollover. The young man that crawled out of the back was obviously not the driver yet one trooper first kicked his arm and then cranked on it while putting on the cuffs then jerked him around while getting him to his feet. Not quite as rough with the female but not gentle either then shoved her around as well even though she was still seat belted into the passenger seat when they arrived and not the driver either. I’ve seen hundreds of videos where even the criminals were treated kinder than this. Once the Leo’s have the upper hand in the situation it’s time to calm themselves and the situation down. And have often commented on the professionalism they show and the care they give to injured parties. The first couple of troopers at the accident scene in this video need to go through a refresher course in compassion so they can be reminder how to DO BETTER! Just think guys how would you feel if those were your son/nephew or daughter/niece getting roughed up like that for being guilty of being a passenger? Back to the driver, her death is a pretty steep price she decided to make her family, loved ones and friends pay for her bad decision.
Kinda looks like he was trying to break his arm/shoulder, definitely trying to make it unnecessarily painful... And the immediate attempt to PIT at 100 mph for a simple traffic violation (tailgating), while there are passengers in the car, pretty much sums up the mindset of those troopers here, sure fleeing from a traffic stop to avoid a ticket for a misdemeanor is beyond stupid, but tailgating doesn't justify an instant high-speed PIT and the harsh treatment of the passengers.
The bullshit of this is the Troopers making them crawl out of the vehicle & then treating them crudely by cuffing them & forcing them to walk away!!! They weren't driving the vehicle & could have had some very serious life-threatening injuries!!! You never remove anybody from a roll-over crash until EMS arrives & can check them & provide proper stabilization before removing them from the vehicle!!! This happened to me back in 1995 & a Trooper even held my head down & sat on my back while placing cuffs on me!!! I was an innocent victim that had been struck by a hit & run driver!!! All they saw was my vehicle go air-born & flip over several times!!! Their unnecessary treatment of me ascerbated my injuries!!! I had a broken neck between C-4 & C-5 & my back was broken in 2 places!!! The Troopers involved in my incident were immediately fired & I was awarded a $12.5 Million settlement!!! I spent 3 years in a wheelchair!!! The 3- Panel Medical Specialists stated in court that them sitting on my back may have caused the 2nd break because of the angle of my bones & them forcing my head down into the ground forced my neck into an odd position which left my head laying on my shoulder for almost 3 years!!! I still have neck & back problems with excruciating pain after all this time!!! The driver that hit me was in a stolen car & captured 9 miles further down the road by truckers who had witnessed the accident & blocked him in between the 4 of them!!! He will be released from prison in 2025!!!😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I know that the officers have to be cautious when they get people from a wreck, but with a crash like that they should be a little gentler and especially not kick the damn people. They could have spine injuries or other injuries and they could cause permanent paralysis. Be mad at the driver, not the passengers.
They didn't know the driver had been ejected, they reasonably assumed one of the people inside WAS the driver. Plenty of people have crawled out after police pursuits to end up getting in a shoot out with the responding cops, so they are going to do what they have to do to secure them.
@@fingolfin9086 Screw the hand wringers. No matter the situation, they always want to show how critical they are of the police. Screw this driver and the goofs that were rolling with her.
@@fingolfin9086 such a Nice Guy you are... Did they, like, *Call Her Plates In* & see if she was *Likely a Sh00t0ut Person* ? *Not Cop's Responsibility* ? to Do That?
I'm always behind the police ! But...... As a retrired City and county Firefighter / Paramedic , As I watched a number of these officers , Their NO CHECKING for injures after a car chash , Wreck and roll overs . It's a shame the amount of money we put in to their training , They don't know any better !
@@Nicholas-HTXyou don't get "booboos" from a rollover, with ejection, and a fatality. They potentially have severe internal injuries and are close to death as well. Are they still considered a threat? Sure. But they don't have any advantage in an overturned vehicle on a dirt road. Officer safety is easily mitigated without demanding they pull themselves out through glass at gun point and kicking them when they don't go your speed.
@@kellenphillips68 Nicholas has show on multiple comments he's a r e t @ r d so nothing logical you say will change his mind. Cops do no wrong in his head.
I just watched another video where the passenger in the backseat was a convicted felon on parole, and he was in possession of a firearm. The driver "claimed" that he threatened to shoot her if she stopped. The guy came along with the friend who asked for a ride, so the driver didn't even know him, she claimed. Anyway, just because someone is in the backseat or a passenger does not automatically make them innocent. Too many passengers in a fleeing vehicle are in possession of drugs or firearms. Someone in the vehicle had a reason to flee... so I get why they are all suspects when LE approaches. So many of these people try to gaslight or lie to get out of the situation. Why anyone thinks LE is supposed to take them all at their word is beyond me. When you flee, everyone is suspect.
I noticed that too, but you never know. Either one of the passengers could have had a weapon, and if you lower your guard assuming they are victims, then you yourself become the victim.
The cops sure do grab up the passengers as though potential injuries are of no concern. Just a refresher that the only thing they were guilty of was: following another vehicle too closely and then fleeing. All of which were the direct actions of the driver and only of the driver.. The passengers had broken precisely zero laws, yet were roughly handled and cuffed behind the back and herded into the squad cars with no visible care for whether or not that same driver guilty of all of the offenses hurt them, as well. Not like they'd been pursued after robbing a bank or something. Just a moving violation turned evading the police.
And a long gun fell out of the" innocent" car. Quick removal is due to danger of fire. They let those who can move, move. Unconscious they'd leave for EMS unless fire began. So turn off your uneducated judging.
@@joywebster2678 Those cops weren't "letting" the ones who could move, move. They were MAKING them move, and very roughly. I can understand trying to get them out before an explosion or fire began, but there is absolutely NO excuse for kicking them or treating them like criminals. They were PASSENGERS at the mercy of a stupid driver. Since when is that THEIR fault? Handcuffing innocent victims who might be more seriously injured than it appears is not only unthinking, it's cruel. And totally UNprofessional! That cop was taking his anger out on those passengers, and he should have known better than to do that.
@@bobj119 The driver operating the vehicle could have injured or killed people, including their own passengers. And I'm always relaxed, but thanks for caring.
The police opened themselves up to a lawsuit when they forced the passengers to crawl out of the car without assessing their medical needs first. The girl seemed to be limping as the officer forced her to walk to his car. She could easily say that she sustained a leg injury and it was worsened by being forced to walk on it after being in a rollover accident in which , she was an innocent passenger that was not suspected of a crime. At the very least, the county should have to foot the bill for their hospital visits.
Press Release -
JENNETTE, Ark.- On Monday, April 1, 2024, at approximately 9:24 p.m., an Arkansas State Trooper attempted to stop a vehicle traveling eastbound on Interstate 40 near Exit 265 in Crittenden County. The driver, identified as Courtney Ridgeway, 28, of Smyrna, Tenn., failed to stop. Troopers pursued the fleeing vehicle, which reached speeds of more than 100 miles per hour for approximately two miles on Bing’s Store Road.
Ridgeway lost control of her vehicle on the gravel road and crashed into a ditch. The Crittenden County Coroner pronounced Ridgeway deceased at the scene at approximately 10:42 p.m.
Two passengers in the suspect’s vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
“This incident underscores why Arkansas State Police has been cautioning the public for months about the dangers of fleeing from law enforcement,” said ASP Colonel Mike Hagar. “Fleeing is reckless and has serious consequences. When you see blue lights in your rearview mirror, be smart. Pull over.”
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Trooper's Report:
On Monday, April 1, 2024, at approximately 9:21 P.M., I observed a 2020 white Ford Fusion (TX temp tag: 4902F84) traveling
eastbound on Interstate 40 near the 263-mile marker. As the Fusion entered Crittenden County near the 265-mile marker, I
observed it following a commercial truck and trailer at approximately 1 car length or closer. I attempted to conduct a traffic stop
with the Fusion as it exited Interstate 40 at the 265-mile marker by initiating my emergency lights on my marked patrol unit.
The Fusion disregarded my emergency equipment and began fleeing at speeds over 100 M.P.H., traveling north on Bing’s
Store Road. I attempted a T.V.I. on the vehicle while traveling north on the asphalt portion of Bing’s Store Road, but it was
ineffective. The Fusion then continued fleeing, reaching speeds over 116 M.P.H. I was notified the road transitioned from
asphalt to gravel and I began backing off the fleeing vehicle. At approximately 9:25 P.M., the Fusion entered the gravel portion
of Bing’s Store Road, causing dust to block its taillights. Once out of the dust, I observed the Fusion was overturned facing
east in the east ditch on Bing’s Store Road. Trooper Dairren Evans and I gave the rear passenger (Austin Cockrell) and front
passenger (Allison Martin) verbal commands to crawl out of the vehicle. Cockrell and Martin were detained without incident.
Troopers then observed the driver (Courtney Ridgway) lying on her back approximately 40 feet on the east side of the
overturned Fusion in a field. Ridgway had a faint pulse and was unresponsive.
Jennette Fire Department, Crittenden EMS, and West Memphis Fire Department made the scene and rendered aid to the
occupants of the Fusion. Martin was transported to the Regional One Medical Center by the West Memphis Fire Department.
Cockrell refused to be transported to a medical facility, but I transported him to Baptist Crittenden Hospital upon his request
once he was released from the scene. The Corner (William Wolfe) was notified, made the scene, and advised a time of death
of 10:42 P.M., for Ridgway. Bowden’s Wrecker Service towed the vehicle.
i Guess the one That was Driving Died' no Wonder i Dont see any Charges...
At 28, kids needs to make better choices. At least try for 30.
@@JustReedshould know better by 28. I bet she would have gotten a warning to begin with. Sad
@@gregcaruana2879
Yup.
I did not see a tractor-trailer anywhere in front of them as described for the reason to be pulled
I just wish they would invent some kind of device that would keep you from being ejected. Maybe some kind of belt.
Yeah, if they can invent airbags, WHY can't they invent something to keep you from flying out of the car in a crash?
Maybe someday?🙏🏼
Lol.
Seat belts were never really invented to keep you from being ejected. They were invented because the ambulance drivers back then were too lazy to look for the bodies.
@@centauri61032So that’s what the Swedes thought when they invented them.
There is. Seat belts. She wasn't wearing hers.
A ticket if she pulled over. Or jail if she had a warrant. Regardless, both are better options than dying in a field because you didn’t want to take responsibility for your actions.
Most people who run are looking at years in prison for drugs onboard.
if its a warrant simple warrant from out of state, they are just going to say "take care of it" If get a ticket its pretty simple most corts will give you ways to work it out. From TN makes it easier to understand doing something dumb
Exactly 😢
@@laserguidedtrollmasterfromHell Well if she had survived she would be looking at another decade in jail for endangering the lives of her 2 passengers like that ! Running with passengers in the car is double stupid.
@@BartSparrow123 No sht Sherlock.
Why do they think fleeing is a good idea? I don’t get it.
It's pretty obvious...they don't think.
especially in Arkansas, the boys dont have to play and they dont.
Stupidity and immaturity!
@@lareeweatherman8309the female passenger is 29. I’m assuming the driver was about the same age.. not really a kid.
because they have white privilege
Imagine being a passenger of someone who decides to flee. It must be terrifying to be completely at their mercy. I’m happy the passengers were alright.
I've seen several videos where the passenger had nothing to do with the actions of the driver. Each one was absolutely terrified. I'm always reminded of a close call I had in HS. I was in a friend's car when he recognized two cars that were about to race. He immediately took off after them to join. I had an overwhelming sickening feeling that I needed to get out. To my horror, when I asked him to chill out or quickly let me out, he responded with, "You shouldn't have gotten in the car!" and initially refused. Mercifully, he angrily pulled over eventually and I jumped out. The dude practically clipped me with the car as he took off.
Although nothing happened with him, I've learned far enough that when your gut is genuinely telling you to quit doing something, you stop. He could drive like an absolute psychopath, so maybe that momentary pause caused him to miss a collision or a cop? Anything is possible.
Whenever I see videos like this it always reminds me of how scary such situations can be. I was lucky.
I’m happy you had the wherewithal to get out and that he actually pulled over to let you out.
ALWAYS GO WITH YOUR GUT!!!
Force them to stop.
Especially if it was a female driver.
😂@@alaska-bornfloridaman
Nothing is worth your life. Just stop.
Some things are but not this.
It’s called stupidity…sadly
Nothing is worth taking other innocent lives either.
@@cagebeast I agree with you, but what about the 2 she had with her? Fine if you don't value your life, at least value the ones you're with. Not that there's any good excuse to run from the cops, but if she wasn't drunk or on something, and she had no warrants and a legal license, (the typical things as to why people run), then this was all for nothing. All he was going to stop her for was following too close. SMH Sad and tragic. The most common thing is common sense isn't common.
@@kimmieh8419 Agreed
So unnecessary. Just stop!!
Her family getting a call on April fools day at 9pm that their daughter is dead but it’s no joke. Horrific.
So sad! 😢😢😢
Whats weird is there is a facebook post from her account at 4:30 the night she died. She died around 9. Somehow she shared a post saying
"People who have been hustling and surviving with no help since 17 are TIRED. What I mean by “no help” is no guidance throughout life, no guidance on how to get your career going, no understanding of credit or finances, no one to depend on during times of confusion, etc. just walked into everything blindfolded and had to figure it out on your own. It’s just taking us a little longer to get there which is okay but also draining."
Its a little creepy. She seemed like a totally normal, but a little damaged chick. You could tell she was not on the best path but not a bad person. I kinda wonder if she just ran because she was bored. It seems that way, or maybe a minor warrant.
"just a prank guy's she's safe and well"
Damnnnn... just paid attention to the date!!
The joke is on us as that family has been waiting for that call for many years
Fleeing is not worth it. It will cost you your life. Here's proof. The driver paid for her choice by dying.
Luckily she didn't take anyone with her. Innocent victims are all too common in stories like this one.
I do feel for the passengers. Crappy way to treat them in a situation like that not knowing if she was going to run or some crazy uber ride went wrong.
Well she won't be doing that again - hard lesson to learn.
I know, I know...I said it...and there's more
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
This woman was killed needlessly and others lives were gratuitously placed at risk...take down the license plate, throw some stop sticks...prioritize.
sadly yes.RIP to the lady who died.glad to see her friends are ok but that's a senseless tragedy
I’ve been a passenger in the car with someone who refused to stop for police. It’s ABSOLUTELY terrifying & nobody listens to shit you have to say from the back seat. You’re basically collateral damage at that point. So sad.
You could be more discerning about your company in the first place?
@@skipintroux4444 Yea tell that to my 18 year old, dumb ass self 😂 Obviously, I know better now.
@skipintroux4098 Not everyone is upfront about who they are and what their motives are.
@@skipintroux4444tbh you never know what the heck these people are gonna do yea you can always say pick better friends but anybody could do this
True😢and this is why I don't ride in the car with other people, you never really know what folks got going on in their minds nor lives ijs......nor do I let anyone drive my vehicle(HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER)period point blank
Use this video in schools to show consequences of fleeing
They don’t have time to show these videos in school. They are too busy indoctrinating kids into believing that there is no gender, that they can identify as a cat, and that white people are evil.
At that age they think they're invincible and immortal and figure it wouldn't happen to them.
what i said......but "she" was 28 years old...should have had a bit more sense than that.....
Only problem is, kids in school nowadays are OFFENDED BY THE POLICE.
Absolutely! Totally agree with you!
At least it was her and not one or both of the passengers ...
@Wheeler63her
@Wheeler63 @Wheel who cares!
@Wheeler63 Correct this …….my middle finger to you! You’re nothing you an old persnickety fool!
@Wheeler63 You shame your people, you make your ancestors cry , and you make hamsters feel better about life accomplishments in comparison .
@Wheeler63 - Thanks for the English lesson. Will make note of it, and promptly forget.
I don't even live in the country and know not to mess with Arkansas State Police. I love watching these video's cos they don't mess about. It's sad when someone dies but don't be a fool and run.
"Sad" is definitely subjective here. The person putting others in danger being the only one that died isn't sad.
100MPH on a narrow gravel road at night, then TURNS OFF the headlights! That's a 10 out of 10 Darwin Award. Her passengers are lucky they weren't killed too. Next time hopefully they'll choose their driver more wisely.
TWO Hot Cox in @desolder75's Tight Little [nevermind] at the Same Time...
TEN OUTTA TEN DARWIN AWARD THERE.
OLd Dee did not even use a ConeDome when Shooting he Breeze with his All Time BFF *MALE COPS*. you know. The ones that CANNOT DO WRONG bc they are so Tes Soaked *MACHO*.
hep c hiv?
Next Time, maybe DEE there will Choose His *Drivers* Much Much more WISELY...
@desolder75 has NO KIDS.
Did you get Tested Yet?
did you Spit that Wadd of CoppNutt Out yet?
better do it, before it Stains your RAF Moustache...
I noticed that the car was at rest waaaaay beyond the end of the dust. I have to wonder what aerobatics it performed?
@@ThePianoMan1953 I'm not certain how to answer that...
I'm astonished at the Dead Coldness everyone has for the woman that DIED.
There *IS* the possibility that
*Police Chases can be Aborted* ...
By *The Troopers Themselves* !
Or Is That Not Fun Enough for you?
Lites went out cause it got into an accident , Not that she shut em off , hello
You’re not gonna get too far fleeing from the Arkansas State Police
It's rare that somebody ever escapes the Arkansas State Police
Or worse.
She made it 40 feet.
Arkansas troopers are like a deaf jack russell 🤣
@@notmoose8670😂😂😂😂💀
Well she didn't want to go to jail, went to morgue instead. Brilliant
YEP. Jail is stressful. In the morgue you can just CHILL!
@@scottscouter1065 - Brilliant.
@@scottscouter1065 OK, that was funny. 🤭
Im Triangle messenger of GOD..DANIEL..IM A WATCHER OF GOD..truth be known the guy was driving and they blamed the poor girl that died..the car belong to the girl that lived
@@SurpriTriangle - What a bizarre response. Whose mind do you think you're reading?
One thing to gamble with your own life. Quite another to gamble with your friends as well. How selfish can one be. Hate that she died but damn!
At least her friends were smart enough to wear their seatbelts. I also thought the trooper should have lightened up a bit on the female passenger, who was clearly a victim at that point, not a perpetrator. Especially after she asked about the driver, he was still very abrupt with her.
@@kevino4846 He was pulling her out the driver's window. At that point he's not interested in what she's saying, she could be the driver.
@@kevino4846 Nonsense The female passenger was the ONLY one in the front seats and was likely the driver, trooper did not know one was ejected at that point.
@@BartSparrow123 you two should get a room and watch the video again. I was referencing the point at which she was already in cuffs, which is when she asked about the driver. At that point he was still verbally abusing her.
@@kevino4846 Because she could have just as well been lying! Every driver of a fleeing car that crashes claims to not know where the "driver" went!
Getting a ticket sucks. Going to jail sucks ass. But speeding off, wrecking your car and dying? Not to mention putting friends, other innocent motorists and pedestrians at risk? Bro, just stop. 😔
Since when did chicks become bros? Smfh.
the car automatically honking over and over after a crash is actually a pretty smart design.
Your username is crude and vulgar, yet clever and hilarious. 😁
I was returning home from my daughter’s college, many years ago. It was early in the morning, on unfamiliar winding two lane roads. I noticed a set of tracks going off the road, so I turned around and went back to investigate. Once I got out of my car, I could hear the overturned car beeping. I looked in and around the car and found nobody. The engine block was cold. This was before cell phones, and I have no idea where I am at. I just got back in my car and continued my 14 hour drive home.
Yeah, Ford's do it when the airbags go off, flash the hazards and honk the horn.
A lifesaver if you slide off a cavernous road and no one can see you.
Not sure it was intentional, but yes, that is wise. Think of the guy they just saved after he was trapped in his truck for five days after going off the road. Maybe that wouldn't have helped him, but other cases it might. And it's just a simple alteration to the alarm system. Make the alarm go off if the airbags deploy. It won't work if the battery is destroyed, but sometimes it will. And cars going down banks and into trees is not that uncommon, and often the passing traffic doesn't notice anything amiss.
@@robertheinkel6225Well that was certainly nice of you.
If you're dumb enough to not use a seatbelt, you're dumb enough to run from police. All she needed to do was comply, but nope. Looks like common sense is not all that common anymore.
What about your grandparents?
@@phatgringo2.0
That’s not very nice at all. Why so bitter? His opinion is entirely valid.
Not using a seat belt is hardly comparable to running from police Sparky.
@@phatgringo2.0 Or your mom who we have all had.
@@phatgringo2.0 ?
You can't fix stupid.
They were April Fools.
I'm thinking this one fixed itself.
Looks like she fixed it pretty good to me.
@Wheeler63 - Oh, man, you are all over this thread. Why don't you have a beer and relax (just don't drive please.) School resumes on Monday.
Amen
I am living proof that wearing a seat belt makes all the difference in a rollover as to whether you walk away or get taken to the morgue in a body bag. I was t-boned, rolled three times and landed on the passenger side. Once they managed to cut me out of what was left of my truck all I had was a small cut on my left wrist and a LOT of bruises. What she did was just so needlessly stupid and she paid the ultimate price for it.
Glad you are OK😊
@@cheryaljones9467 I am. I miss the truck as it was the best vehicle I had ever owned but my daughter convinced me to not get another one so now I drive an SUV.
@@richardcline1337 Sounds like it helped save your life. I'd get another 🤔
Had a friend rear ended he was sitting at a red light the car hit him doing 65/70. They told him if he would have his seat belt on he would have been paralyzed from the neck down. He broke his back but was still able to walk. Tons of therapy.
A friend of mine rolled his car at 107 miles an hour. We went through a tree and up a short, but steep hill. Caught 10 feet of air and rolled 7 times before coming to a stop on the driver’s side. I don’t know how we didn’t die
Flee from police, on dirt road, no seatbelt.
A series of poor choices landed this girl in the worst of places
@420Skyship
Considering the outcome here
I think your use of the word “landed” is totally inappropriate 😁😁😁
"Worst of places." The ditch?
@@delinquensehe means Hell. Hopefully not though, hopefully she just has to do a few hundred years in purgatory or something and apologize for what she did lol
@@imtheman4805 -- 😂
So sad! 😢😢
Life is full of choices. Some are good. Some are bad. Some are really bad.
100 mph on a gravel road....you chose poorly.
And no streetlights.
100 miles an hour on a straight gravel road ✅
100 miles an hour on a straight gravel road at 9pm with no headlights: 💀
I had a car pool with another parent to bring our kids to middle school in the mornings. The mother never made her kids wear a seat belt! When they got in my car, I told them, "This car isn't going anywhere until *everyone* has their seat belt on!" They weren't in the habit of using them, so I had to remind them often. They are all alive and in their 30s now.
I like the way this Trooper was documenting the driver's actions prior to activating his lights.
As a retired Police Sgt./Police Instructor/EMT and Professor of Emerg. Medicine, I'd like to say that I would never just stand there and tell the occupants of that car to crawl out on their own, hand cuff them and make them get up and walk without first having them medically assessed. There were enough officers there for scene and personal safety. There was no immenent threat to them to do that. Being that the car flipped and there was an ejection, it is highly likely that the other occupants were injured as well. By making them crawl out themselves and cuffing those passengers for no apparent reason, they could have done further damage to them if they were already injured.
First, Thank you for your service. Second, I'm so happy you posted this. I'm not against LEOs in the slightest bit. You all have a very tough job. In saying that, the way the trooper treated the kid in the back who obviously had zero control over what the driver was doing was out of line. Kicking him to put his arms behind him, very uncalled for. Then the way they were making the girl passenger get up so roughly as she's stating she's hurt, and the way they were talking to her even after they knew she wasn't the driver. I'm actually surprised to not see more comments about those 2 situations.
@@kimmieh8419 I appreciate that. Thank you. I was hesitant to put my comments out there do to hater response however, I did the job and taught police officers. I'm not sure how they teach in other states however, in CT, this would not be acceptable behavior in the slightest. If that girl or guy had a back or neck injury, cuffing them and pulling them up to a standing position could have paralized them or even worse.
💯
ya, while pointing a gun at them telling injured people to crawl out , who has less brains the cops or the people running from the cops ??
As the others said thank you for your post.30 years in EMS in PA I have never seen a police officer do this. Most want us to check the patient's out just to cover their butts. We get that. WE call them to enter a home with a domestic going on because we have no way to protect ourselves. This behavior is highly disturbing. One facture in the neck could permanently handicap one of them. I have had so many calls where people have facture their necks and did not know it. Have one call like that and you will never let a person get out of a car the has done this.
FYI: Blacking out (turning off your lights) while going 100+mph on a gravel road is a terrible idea. Even if you are only going 20 and on any road surface, It's a bad idea.
Its more likely he just couldn't see the tail lights because of the dust.
Yea, very dumb choice that cost them (driver) their life. I’d say the vehicle started to lose traction on a dirt road (like when driving on asphalt and gravel is spilled out into the road - you’re to slow down going over it as it can cause the vehicle to slide if one goes over them too fast).
Regular everyday car tires aren’t really designed to have good traction on a dirt road going the speeds they were going. Given that the cop started to come up on debris not too long after clearing the cloud of dust (where he lost the lights), it seems more likely that they spun out not too long after turning the lights off, flipped (debris all along the road for a good ways), and that being the end result: car in a ditch (if they had lights on, they’d still be seen during the wreck with the car turning, so they definitely turned them off) and a body in a field.
Tragic.
@@Redslayer86 Nah, lights were turned off.
(edit to note the headlights and taillights out of the housing right near the vehicle)
Also, if they had lights on, you would still see the beams of light from the front headlights when the car flipped through the cloud of dust as it wasn’t really all that thick. You’d see them shine off to the side as the car was turning (as is the case with many other chases like this that end in wrecks), but it was pitch black with debris in the road being the only major sign they wrecked before headlights from the cop’s vehicle finally shown on the car in the ditch. They flipped for a good ways due to the trail of debris leading up to it along with the headlights right near the vehicle. They were intentionally turned off.
I actually went to school with the driver. It doesn't surprise me that she ran, but I didn't expect a fatal wreck. This is the 4th thing I've seen involving a death from my small town. One person killed someone, another killed 8 people, one passed from a heroin overdose that was laced with fentanyl and now this.
Oh, what a mess! I'm sorry to hear that!
Which incident was the one involving 8 victims? Sorry to hear it
Was she hot? Did you hit it?
8 people? Where when
"small town"......getting smaller.
When will people understand that it’s impossible to flee police. Radios and choppers are faster than cars. Also with all the license plate readers, even if you escape you will be caught.
The hope is often to get away and claim the car was stolen.
It’s not impossible. But not a high speed chase. On foot or on a dirt bike
Because channels like this show that it occasionally works
People get away all the time. They just don’t put those ones on TH-cam. This one was about to get away if she knew how to drive. That’s why the cops were worried about the gravel road because once they hit gravel it’s nearly impossible to stop the car because they can’t get close enough with all that dust. You saw how the cop was instantly blinded by the dust and looked like he was about to call off the pursuit until they wrecked.
@@wormhole331 Not in Arkansas they don't
This was a needless death. Doesn’t make sense why some people make the choices they make.
Youth or stupidity 🤷🏼♀️
My brother in law was a coroner and he said very rarely did he have to unbuckle a dead person. Wear your seat belts people! Cars should not start unless whomever is sitting in a seat has their belts buckled.
My son was a paramedic in the early 80's and he responded to a head on collision. A young couple in their 20's had crossed the median and collided with an elderly couple in their 80's. The young couple were fatally injured and upon checking on the elderly couple he found them to be white as a ghost and not moving. The doors were locked so he knocked on the window and both turned to look at him. Needless to say but unlike the young couple they were wearing their seat belts and sustained no injuries. From that day on my son has always worn a seat belt.
Yes usually, someone hit a brick wall and he was ejected but ok. The engine was in the drivers area, he would have lost legs or been crushed.
Or just let people be dumb if they want to be dumb and stop trying to save them by legislation? The warning chime that won't shut up isn't bad enough, we need more? How about my car that had a faulty sensor so the vehicle kept thinking the front passenger wasn't buckled it and wouldn't shut up even though I was alone, now if you are too poor to pay $2000 for a new seat sensor, you not only need to listen to an annoying chime, you can't even use your car? Because cars definitely aren't complex and expensive enough already.
@@freedomisfromtruth That doesn't sound like a good reason to bet your life in a crash outcome, does it? An almost inexplicable instance of ejection survival does not address the reason he hit the wall hard enough to push the engine into the front seat.
That was tried, many years ago. (Many people here might not have been born yet.) There was enough opposition to it that it went away.
The driver knew what she was doing, I have zero pity. I feel horrible for the people that cared about her.
Pretty sure She didn't think she would die!
The dead don’t need your pity, they aren’t here for it to make a difference. You just wanted to say it to the living for some reason.
@@suntiki33she didn't say she pitied the dead. She said she had no pity for her, but felt for the people who cared about her. Nothing wrong with saying sorry to the living.
The roller coaster of emotions from chasing someone not knowing why the person is running , to "stay with me" "stay with me" says it all.
Law Enforcement deserves way more acknowledgement and appreciation.
They really are modern day Heroes.
@@RLaraMooreAmen! 🙏🏻❤️
A lot of times they have to try to save a life of someone who just tried to kill them.
Yeah, that was hard to hear.
@@RLaraMoore Agreed
I LOVE Friday Nights w/ Police Pursuits video's. Thanks!
Fleeing is a bad idea, but doing it in car that has less than half the horsepower of the pursuing police car is just about the dumbest shit ever!
Maybe. The Ford Fusion is sold as the Ford Mondeo outside the US, and Mondeos are used as police cars in many parts of the world. This particular Ford product was designed by Ford Europe and sold worldwide for many years as the Mondeo before being brought to the US as the Fusion. But prior to that, it already had that long history as a police vehicle.
@@LatitudeSky yeah but, its not outrunning a hemi dodge with trained officers!
How the heck can he crawl out with his hands up??? Smh
Apparently he did it...
Cops don't always make sense...
Police are often masters at giving contradicting commands.
Don't blame yourself, Trooper. You tried your best to get her to stop while she was on solid pavement, and she insisted on being stupid. She took her own life.
She must have Ben suicidal
Why would the Trooper blame himself? Her decision to playa stupid game!
Her choice and old enough to know better!!! Courtney Ridgeway, 28, from Smyrna, Tennessee
I got a lil nervous at first thinking the ejection was when he attempted to pit maneuver them. And when that happens the person driving family completely ignores the fact that they were fleeing. The got nervous when there was dust too. I thought when I first seen it it was because they flipped already. Because I knew it was coming. I was like omg he is going to crash into a stationary vehicle at high speed
He tried his best to pit her going 100 mph. WTF are you talking about
@@escapedgoat5865 she would have been ejected. He tried to pit her at 100
Fatal Ejection is a great name for a death metal band.
You my friend have struck gold greatest name ever!you Better start a band right now before I do and take the name🤨
Rag Doll Ejection.....
@@jerald4992 I would LMAO if you started a band with that name!
First song on album ( stay with me ) on album called ptsd. That sucks, sympathy for All.
@@patrickparker1403 I’m sorry, I know this is a serious subject, but that’s hilarious!😂
Too sad she didn't have a clue that around a minute and a half after seeing those bluelights behind her she'd be gone.
She could’ve figured that much if she would’ve thought before running, “this decision might have bad consequences for myself or my passengers!”
I’m glad the passengers were ok. I didn’t like how they were treated and yanked around after barely climbing out of a flipped over car, from a driver who wouldn’t stop.
grow up, the officer has adrenaline and doesn't know why the driver ran or if they are armed. they can thank their dead friend for that.
Wow you were so wrong@@shknight1
@@heidijohannes4271 wow you are such a child. the police are not responsible for criminals being criminals.
@@shknight1 how does my statement make me a child? It's really yours that does that, being disrespectful to the dead, first off. And what does the officers having adrenaline or any of their worries have to do with the way they were treating these victims of a car crash!? Please do tell me, since you seem to think you know everything and you could tell people to grow up and you can tell people they are such a child........... Oh that's right you're just a troll take care
@@heidijohannes4271 the dead was a criminal not a victim of a car crash. she put the life of every officer, her friends, and any innocent traveler in jeopardy. the officers first responsibility is to protect himself and the crime scene, he is not their to play paddy cakes. go sing your kumbaya crap to someone else.
I wonder if she thought about the stupid decision as she was flying through the air to her death.
Just a dumb kid. Stupid move. Too many movies. So instead she died alone in some god forsaken windblown field in bfe rural Arkansas, and those poor officers got to take that shit home with them.
She probably was unconscious before ejected from car
Sad part is if she had “stuck the landing” they would have let her off with a warning😁
@@alicewistrand210 Her friends weren't and they were in the car longer.
@@dontlightmyfuse, Something tells me that flying through the windshield at 100 mph isn't applicable to the sustainment of life. By the way, if she was traveling at 50 mph it would take less than a second for her to have impacted the window.
What a tragedy! What on earth could’ve been going on that she decided to attempt to “outrun” the police?! That decision killed her. Thank God no one else was hurt. God rest you, dear girl. ❤️🐈
I don't understand either. I really tried to come up with reasons why but in cases like this excuses are the reasoning with people like this. I wish she could do this over again , she's probably so mad at herself rn
Nothing is more important that your life. Why make the stupid move in running from the law.
I dated a guy who id been friends with since we were little kids. He refused to wear seatbelts. I was telling him I was so worried about him never wearing it.. he would’ve been 30 this week had he not been ejected from his truck when he got in a car accident 7 years ago.😔
I show this stuff to my daughter so she hopefully makes better choices.
The fact that you're parenting I'm confident to say I'm sure she will make a better choice..
I would bring up examples of things going wrong and she would just use it against me. There was a party shooting in WIsc where underage and adults were at. Oh your just bring up negative things.
at 28 i hope she is "senseable" enough......if not by then, i don't think there's much hope....
Same. She’s 2 but I’m not going to hide things like this from her.
There are so many better ways to teach than traumatizing your child with things like this. -coming from someone whose father purposefully traumatized them with content like this and worse for the same reason. It just makes your child scared or wary, and they'll never reach their full potential, I'm living proof...
funny enough i got stopped by asp for this same thing, i didnt want to pass the truck cause the trooper was right behind me, felt like peer pressure lol, but i stopped and got a warning
That's what those assholes do. Then pull you over when you pass. Or when you exit.
That is intentional! Police do this to people all the time. They call it a "Forced Error". They pressure you to do something before it is optimal for you. You think you are doing them a favor and getting out of their way and the next thing you know they slide in right behind you. Now you are stuck too close to a semi truck and you have a cop on your ass so you can't hit brakes to slow down to give yourself space. Then they turn their lights on and pull over. You just gave them exactly what they wanted, a reason to pull you over and go fishing for a more serious crime.
The lesson here is do not let them to bully you into making a mistake. If they are behind you maintain your lane and the speed limit and wait until you are in a good position to make your next move. I don't care if they have their lights on and you think they are just going to an emergency call. Do not make a move until you can do so without putting yourself in a bad position.
good on you......did you wear your seatbelt....???
@@rickb3674 well was a few years ago when i was more naive about such things, now i understand it was mostly cause my out of state plates. Still, i didnt like getting squeezed between em cause i didnt want to seem like i was speeding to pass
@@rickb3674they "do it intentionally"? What, drive on the road and make you nervous by being there just as an excuse to pull you over? That makes all the sense. Thanks. You are responsible for driving safely, if you do something dangerous just because a cop was driving behind you, yes, they may pull you over. Because you did something dangerous. And there is zero reason for you not to hit your brakes to slow down to not get to close to traffic in front of you. That is not against the law. The cop behind you is responsible for not hitting you, unless you are actually brake checking him. Although you shouldnt have cut in behind the truck so closely that you need to hit the brakes to create a safe distance to start with. I can't see what remedy the police are supposed to adopt to fix this "problem", unless it's not driving on the highway because it might make people nervous. Or just ban police from pulling people over for minor unsafe driving offenses that occur in front of them, because it might be unfair to the driver who was only nervous because the cop was behind them. Which basically means never pulling anyone over for stuff like that, because the people they pull over are always the ones that did something right in front of them. And incidentally that's how most drunk drivers and warrants get arrested finally, because they were pulled over for some minor offense which is usually just a warning if it was really minor and the person is clean otherwise. If they do ticket you it's because you did something dumb, whatever the reason you did it, and they want you to _not do it again_ . That's literally the reason for traffic citations. They want you to do exactly what you said: drive the speed limit and don't do dangerous shit just because there is a cop behind you. Not sure where you get that this is this nefarious plot they worked out intentionally just to screw you over. They didn't tell you to do it, they didn't ask you to do it, they will pull you over to discourage you from doing it. But they definitely just made you do it so they could have the pleasure of pulling you over . Right.
Something new, Arkansas now is doing pit by remote control......
Seatbelts work, knowing how to drive works, not fleeing works, Not being stupid works.
I just gave you four life saving devices.
you'd think it'd be common sense instead of advice too
Who needs your stupidity.
If she would have stopped , she would have been safe.
She's "safe" now.
She got tapped on driver's side a failed pit. They all knew the police meant business. ZERO SYMPATHY
The scattered possessions of her life that she once clung to, & that held so much value & importance suddenly cast about not to be missed. So very sad for everyone involved.
As a wrecker owner I see this a lot; the next few days the family gets to here and pick her things up and say I cant believe this. I just stand there cant say a word I feel bad for them I just can't fix this. I didn't cause it I just have to deal with it. enough said.
We don't know why she ran but the one cop Darrin Evens man-handling the male passenger who was just in a deadly crash & could have had back or neck injuries. He wasn't talking back resisting or trying to get away. *Crashed @**9:24** & pronounced dead at the scene @**10:42*
Because in most places you have to get a coroners out there to pronounce. Have you ever seen a lot of trauma injuries? EMS was called to the scene. I’m sure they could A: tell the injuries were not compatible with life, or B: worked her on the scene. When resuscitation efforts fail, EMS gets to sit around and cool their heels waiting on the coroner. That was a pretty decent response time. Sometimes it takes hours.
@@LisaLewis-zn2vy yes I know how a coroner works. (We didn't see her or know her injuries so we don't know if she was being worked on & later died or was deceased immediately from the accident) just highlighted the info they shared that she declared deceased over an hour after the accident
Some states require an EMS to bring in victim for a licensed doctor to pronounce death before officially declaring death. Some EMT’s can simply call an ER doctor to officially pronounce death. Coroners just investigate cause of death and initial investigation of the body at the scene. They do not pronounce death, but can give an immediate liver temperature to give an approximate time of death.
Ah that's to bad. Consequences to being stupid and traveling with stupider.
"We have a wrecker coming.....er, I mean an ambulance."
No, you had it right the first time.
Well, that's one less April Fool off the road.
@Wheeler63
Pedant
It would be crazy if her name was April
@Wheeler63don’t you have anything better to do than be the GD grammar police 👮♀️
Buh dum tsss
@Wheeler63lame.
Some of these videos are so disturbing. Thank you officers for doing some of the hardest work in our society. If she would have simply pulled over…
You should never have removed her from the vehicle...let a lone make her walk !!!! Coming from an RN
I was wondering about that, I was astonished that they pulled them out
I thought that was a really bad decision on 2 of them. Plus, the handcuffs(???)
That doesn't look so good for the state trooper "school."
It's Arkansas, I wonder if they even train them. @@michellevasquez3205
With all do respect it looks like they were trying to crawl out on their own before the officer even got out of the car though.....or did I see that wrong 🙆♀️
Who cares what you think.
The choices that she made cost her her life
Condolences to her family
Well, maybe her friends will learn a lesson from this. Don't drink and drive and don't ever think you're going to evade State Troopers in AK.
AK is Alaska. You're thinking of AR.
For the love of God, wait for the ambulance to get there before you start dragging people out of the car.
Did you watch the video. They were not dragged out of the car…they came out on their own !
@@joany11swatch14did you??? He did slightly drag the kid after handcuffing him and was aggressive . They were passengers and could have been injured.
@@Ronnie86753 boo hoo. You do a crime and you suffer the consequences!
I missed you there. I fully Agree! the Troopers look just like *Thuggs* here, IMHO...
You just had a car flee from you for unknown reasons and you are approaching a potentially hostile situation. Those people in the car could have had any number of weapons.
They should check to see if they are hurt or not what an awful accident
[smh] She took her own life driving someone else's car. There's just so much stupid going on with that person.
Without the thought of her passengers also.
@@aquelpibe the passenger was strapped in and the male was in the backseat. Pretty obvious she was driving including the area the driver was ejected from. It's not rocket science.
“I don’t see the other passenger.” Goosebumps
There were just 3 in the car, and the owner of the car was a passenger in a seat belt, her and I guess her boyfriend who was in backseat, survived. Not sure as to why the driver was not the owner.
@@vickykirby908 More than likely because the passenger who was smart enough to wear a seatbelt was also smart enough to not drive while intoxicated, so asked her friend to drive.
@@kevino4846That's what I was thinking, too. And hearing her saying she had no idea why her friend ran from them. Did they find anything in her system? I didn't see anything in the description saying she was DUI.
For those comments about t the treatment after the crash, you seem to forget the cops have no idea who is in the car, are there weapons, is this a gang, etc.... Somebody can just pull a gun, thee cops don't know if the passengers wanted to stop, or where they all in on trying to escape. Heck, they don't even know how many total people are in the car. Is easy to sit here and think "these poor people just were in an accident, they need help" from the safety of your keyboard.
5:25 Officers shouting conflicting instructions. Only one of them should have been in command.
You flee? You accept the responsibility for anything that happens, including losing your life.
💙🇨🇦🇺🇲🙏💙
You seem nice.
@@bullcrap9409 You seem to be properly named, Slappy.
Agreed
@@bullcrap9409 You seem like someone who doesn't like to be held accountable.
I love it when problems solve themselves.
You talk just like an Arkansas State Trooper. That is just the way they are. They don’t care about anyone but themselves.
@hambone2335
Kek
This whole situation and the results thereof were entirely of her own making.
I feel sorry for her passengers. Driver wins a Darwin award. Oh darn!
Nothing of value was lost
@@hambone2335 You sound a lot like a convicted felon, little guy.
As a veteran of 23 years in EMS….just what do these police officers think they are doing? Telling rollover victims to crawl out and handcuff????? WTH? What about assessment protocol first? Shame on them!
They aren't victims until they're done being suspects, which isn't until they're restrained and in custody.
How you gonna assess them in a vehicle upside down? Or know if they're going to come out shooting? The guy was already crawling out on his own.
@@brandonseyfried1251 innocent until proven guilty. Cops and bootlickers should learn that.
poor little car laying on its back tooting for help , no one cares
New and still had temp tags
Like a turtle 😅
Comedians just don't die out...🤡
So sad 😢 poor car
😂 😊
Life is short enough as it is. This is so senseless.
I hate the thought of someone dying in a field with someone who doesn’t even know your name yelling “Stay with me”. I, in no way condone what she did and I’m so glad she didn’t hurt anyone else, but I don’t have to be ok that she passed away like this.
Her name was coco, she was full of life, and she was only in her 20s, I' can't believe this is how she died . She deserved more then this.. rest in peace baby girl
@@Elliemellie94I’m so sorry. RIP Coco
@@Elliemellie94why did coco run? If she stopped she would be fine..
He could’ve asked the two passengers what her name was
I genuinely don't care. She made her stupid decision.
Whyyyyyyy are they handling them like that???
Ridgeway forgot that she is in Arkansas State Police jurisdiction, and even after a warning PIT @3:51, she still pushed and turned off the light @4:33 to escape and eventually died.
it only took 30 seconds omg
It’s a good thing he was warned about the gravel. That second voice on the radio probably saved him
Well it was a straight road, gravel alone doesn't cause accidents, gravel plus speed alone doesn't cause an accident. How you react when surprised by a road suddenly turning to gravel at 100 mph is what matters! Guarantee you she slammed the brakes like 95% of driver's would do in that unexpected situation, causing the full loss of traction. If she had just kept the wheel straight and let off the gas and coasted down to a reasonable speed, that could have been saved easily. Growing up in the country on dirt roads teaches you this pretty quick when you start driving.
@@BartSparrow123yeah that sounds goofy. If you went onto any of my dirt roads even in a perfect straight line at 100 you would crash... they are un even and full of potholes. I know 2 people who crashed because of dips or potholes that made them loose control. They were not doing 100 across the transition either. Sounds like a cool story but you would roll it trying that on our dirt roads..
@@TheOminousVoidWispers you have to actually know a thing or two about driving in low traction for this to make sense though.
no it doesnt, potholes and washboards as well as loose substrate. that's all going to make you lose control, and in any of those situations, brakes are your last course of action, let off the gas, grip the wheel and pray. lol
@@AleTrainedFighters .... at 100 mph. Yeah ok.
Very sad and Prime example why people should not flee from Law Enforcement! Danger to yourself, the people that are in the vehicle with you, the general public and of course our Law Enforcement. Thank you NST. ❤ ASP, you all do a fantastic job!❤
What about Police Pursuits? 🤷♂️
@@mtkoslowski... What about the Citizen driver, she was going a lot faster then Police, always trying to push blame on others..
If she stopped then there would not have been anyone speeding !
@@Dolly-6782
Sigh… you DO know that this channel is called *”Police Pursuits?”*
I was trying to get people to recognize Police Pursuits, the owner of this channel that generously brings us this content. What’s the matter with you?
@@mtkoslowski ... Seriously, if there were NO pursuits then there would be NO channel, if people would use their brain cells & Stop then there would be no pursuit, the only reason there is a channel is because we have people who don't use they're brains..
@@mtkoslowski There are no words to accurately convey the absolute cluelessness of some folks. The OP isn't much higher on the scale than the one you replied to; she, apparently, thinks she's on Natural State Transparency's channel. Cheers, friend.
Obviously the crash was driver error, but a minute or so before the police attempted a PIT at 99 MPH. I think that in this isolated incident, given the dirt road, the high speed, exposed ditches and hydro poles, that was not the ight time to attempt a PIT and could have resulted in more fatalities.
The PIT, if successful, probably would have saved this person's life
Everything being said... the other passengers of the car should have had possible injuries made priority over getting them in handcuffs. A little compassion in the situation is warranted.
Absolutely 100%
I thought the same thing!! They were very cold to them after having walked away from what could've been a fatal crash for them as well.
I agree but they can't be too sure.
The lady passenger asked, "is she alright"? What a shock when told, "your friend is dead from being thrown out of the car"! Very sad.
Being ejected from a fast moving car is my biggest nightmare....
It's no fun
Don't touch the eject button.
That's why they come with seatbelts.
quick way to go, theres way worse, like getting stuck in a burning car
@@ookammi no, not necessarily. It can be a very long, long way to go… as in years. Enough years that you WISH it would have went quickly.
Have a problem w/ treating passengers like criminals(cuffs etc) when they were just in a serious accident. Saw a guy walk on a severely broken ankle after an accident. Rollover could mean serious neck or spinal injury! They are in shock and don't even know it!
Officers get shot by passengers all the time. To them, their safety is their priority, not the booboos of the passengers.
@@Nicholas-HTX the point is it’s not always booboos. My dad is an officer, so I completely understand why they are on guard, but if their complicit and have their hands up and he’s checked them for weapons, he doesn’t cuff them. Pedestrian safety matters to..
@@Nicholas-HTX we all see that cop safety is high above protecting and serving .
@@ellahinata9834one day your dad may regret his decision…. Cuffs don’t hurt anyone. Not cuffing someone may cost you your life.
@@Nicholas-HTXthey had enough officers there smart one... Yeah let's paralyze or break more bones of the victims. That actually makes sense in your bird brain? Pathetic
The white car wasn’t tailgating anyone or speeding when it passed the parked officer. What made him follow it subsequent to his entrance to the highway? It was in the left lane but, wasn’t tailgating anyone until the officer pulled behind the car?
Yeah, feels like a cop created situation. Car got behind the truck to allow the cop to pass. Cop proceeds to follow with no indication of reason. This would of course cause the driver of the car to be focusing on the cop behind them instead of the road ahead. Not blaming the cop for the drivers poor decisions, but the reason for the pull over attempt was a situation caused by the cop stalking the vehicle in the first place. The manhandling of the possibility seriously injured passengers however was awful and 100% a cop problem. Honestly seems like an officer that likes to throw his weight around to feel big.
Sounds like a couple dummies comments above. Let me guess maga too?
Love that Arkansas doesn’t waste time!
Wow! Yes the driver definitely should have pulled over. No doubt. But I can find no excuse for how rude and inconsiderate the first 2 troopers were to the passengers that had just been involved in a high speed automobile rollover. The young man that crawled out of the back was obviously not the driver yet one trooper first kicked his arm and then cranked on it while putting on the cuffs then jerked him around while getting him to his feet. Not quite as rough with the female but not gentle either then shoved her around as well even though she was still seat belted into the passenger seat when they arrived and not the driver either. I’ve seen hundreds of videos where even the criminals were treated kinder than this. Once the Leo’s have the upper hand in the situation it’s time to calm themselves and the situation down. And have often commented on the professionalism they show and the care they give to injured parties. The first couple of troopers at the accident scene in this video need to go through a refresher course in compassion so they can be reminder how to DO BETTER! Just think guys how would you feel if those were your son/nephew or daughter/niece getting roughed up like that for being guilty of being a passenger?
Back to the driver, her death is a pretty steep price she decided to make her family, loved ones and friends pay for her bad decision.
Kinda looks like he was trying to break his arm/shoulder, definitely trying to make it unnecessarily painful...
And the immediate attempt to PIT at 100 mph for a simple traffic violation (tailgating), while there are passengers in the car, pretty much sums up the mindset of those troopers here, sure fleeing from a traffic stop to avoid a ticket for a misdemeanor is beyond stupid, but tailgating doesn't justify an instant high-speed PIT and the harsh treatment of the passengers.
The bullshit of this is the Troopers making them crawl out of the vehicle & then treating them crudely by cuffing them & forcing them to walk away!!! They weren't driving the vehicle & could have had some very serious life-threatening injuries!!! You never remove anybody from a roll-over crash until EMS arrives & can check them & provide proper stabilization before removing them from the vehicle!!! This happened to me back in 1995 & a Trooper even held my head down & sat on my back while placing cuffs on me!!!
I was an innocent victim that had been struck by a hit & run driver!!! All they saw was my vehicle go air-born & flip over several times!!! Their unnecessary treatment of me ascerbated my injuries!!! I had a broken neck between C-4 & C-5 & my back was broken in 2 places!!! The Troopers involved in my incident were immediately fired & I was awarded a $12.5 Million settlement!!! I spent 3 years in a wheelchair!!! The 3- Panel Medical Specialists stated in court that them sitting on my back may have caused the 2nd break because of the angle of my bones & them forcing my head down into the ground forced my neck into an odd position which left my head laying on my shoulder for almost 3 years!!! I still have neck &
back problems with excruciating pain after all this time!!! The driver that hit me was in a stolen car & captured 9 miles further down the road by truckers who had witnessed the accident & blocked him in between the 4 of them!!! He will be released from prison in 2025!!!😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Never assume someone crawling out of a car that was fleeing is unarmed. Put those hands in cuffs for your safety and everyone elses.
I know that the officers have to be cautious when they get people from a wreck, but with a crash like that they should be a little gentler and especially not kick the damn people. They could have spine injuries or other injuries and they could cause permanent paralysis. Be mad at the driver, not the passengers.
They didn't know the driver had been ejected, they reasonably assumed one of the people inside WAS the driver. Plenty of people have crawled out after police pursuits to end up getting in a shoot out with the responding cops, so they are going to do what they have to do to secure them.
Yeah Arkansas police are very low IQ
@@fingolfin9086 Screw the hand wringers. No matter the situation, they always want to show how critical they are of the police. Screw this driver and the goofs that were rolling with her.
@@fingolfin9086 such a Nice Guy you are...
Did they, like,
*Call Her Plates In* & see if she was *Likely a Sh00t0ut Person* ?
*Not Cop's Responsibility* ?
to Do That?
@@rockinroll817 yeah because certainly they are responsible for the driver taking off.
Kids. Take the ticket and the ride. It's gonna suck, but it is what it is. I'm here today because I knew when to quit.
Those poor passengers! Imagine being held hostage like that in a high speed pursuit! You want to kill yourself, let me out of the car first!
I'm always behind the police ! But...... As a retrired City and county Firefighter / Paramedic , As I watched a number of these officers , Their NO CHECKING for injures after a car chash , Wreck and roll overs . It's a shame the amount of money we put in to their training , They don't know any better !
Cops should have had some compassion on the passengers. Dangerous to ask them to move after a serious car accident.
Agreed! Arkansas police are mostly very low IQ and shouldn't have this job, or authority. Those were victims, not the suspect
They don’t care about booboos, they don’t want to get shot by the passengers.
@@Nicholas-HTX i’ve seen far better professionalism in other videos compared to this. atleast they didn’t mag dump the innocent passengers
@@Nicholas-HTXyou don't get "booboos" from a rollover, with ejection, and a fatality. They potentially have severe internal injuries and are close to death as well. Are they still considered a threat? Sure. But they don't have any advantage in an overturned vehicle on a dirt road. Officer safety is easily mitigated without demanding they pull themselves out through glass at gun point and kicking them when they don't go your speed.
@@kellenphillips68 Nicholas has show on multiple comments he's a r e t @ r d so nothing logical you say will change his mind. Cops do no wrong in his head.
No need to mistreat the passenger s. The driver is the one responsible for not pulling over.
That’s what I was thinking.
I just watched another video where the passenger in the backseat was a convicted felon on parole, and he was in possession of a firearm. The driver "claimed" that he threatened to shoot her if she stopped. The guy came along with the friend who asked for a ride, so the driver didn't even know him, she claimed. Anyway, just because someone is in the backseat or a passenger does not automatically make them innocent. Too many passengers in a fleeing vehicle are in possession of drugs or firearms. Someone in the vehicle had a reason to flee... so I get why they are all suspects when LE approaches.
So many of these people try to gaslight or lie to get out of the situation. Why anyone thinks LE is supposed to take them all at their word is beyond me. When you flee, everyone is suspect.
That was my thoughts as well. Especially after that violent crash. RIP to that young lady.
I noticed that too, but you never know. Either one of the passengers could have had a weapon, and if you lower your guard assuming they are victims, then you yourself become the victim.
You have not thought it out at all. Read the replies and educate yourself.
Thank goodness she didn’t hit a dog or anything.
I understand the cops doing their job but they weren't driving and the wreck was horrible, But what about the people who could have injuries??
The cops sure do grab up the passengers as though potential injuries are of no concern. Just a refresher that the only thing they were guilty of was:
following another vehicle too closely and then fleeing. All of which were the direct actions of the driver and only of the driver..
The passengers had broken precisely zero laws, yet were roughly handled and cuffed behind the back and herded into the squad cars with no visible care for whether or not that same driver guilty of all of the offenses hurt them, as well. Not like they'd been pursued after robbing a bank or something. Just a moving violation turned evading the police.
And a long gun fell out of the" innocent" car. Quick removal is due to danger of fire. They let those who can move, move. Unconscious they'd leave for EMS unless fire began. So turn off your uneducated judging.
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@@joywebster2678 Those cops weren't "letting" the ones who could move, move. They were MAKING them move, and very roughly. I can understand trying to get them out before an explosion or fire began, but there is absolutely NO excuse for kicking them or treating them like criminals. They were PASSENGERS at the mercy of a stupid driver. Since when is that THEIR fault? Handcuffing innocent victims who might be more seriously injured than it appears is not only unthinking, it's cruel. And totally UNprofessional! That cop was taking his anger out on those passengers, and he should have known better than to do that.
Relax. They could have killed other people. We all make a choice when we enter a vehicle with a careless driver.
@@bobj119 The driver operating the vehicle could have injured or killed people, including their own passengers. And I'm always relaxed, but thanks for caring.
If you are going to play GTA with the police....wear your seatbelt.
these cops simply didnt give a fucc no sympathy no urgency just another paycheck secured
The police opened themselves up to a lawsuit when they forced the passengers to crawl out of the car without assessing their medical needs first. The girl seemed to be limping as the officer forced her to walk to his car. She could easily say that she sustained a leg injury and it was worsened by being forced to walk on it after being in a rollover accident in which , she was an innocent passenger that was not suspected of a crime. At the very least, the county should have to foot the bill for their hospital visits.
Let me guess who had their seatbelts on
People just pull over , the worst thing that could happen is you could go to jail for a while then get out and live the rest of your life.
Probably had drugs or a warrant
Chances are, all they are going to do is give you a ticket.
That's a serious accident.
They didn't even check to see if the people were OK.
Pretty shitty if you ask me.
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Why do U.S. police NEVER render first aid or medical help….???Just get the injured into cuffs!😮
Afraid to get sued.
Cause we're dumb over here lol
They do and are trained well, you can't blame all US police based on one video, that's stupid.
@@sstolt64 Aplogies…but I Have seen multiple videos…
@lynettejones3076 no problem just have to remember just how huge the US is.