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Alabama Deputy Crashes Into Tree In Florida During High Speed Chase
December 27, 2019
An Alabama sheriff’s deputy involved in a high speed chase was injured when her cruiser crashed into a tree Thursday night in Florida.
The female deputy was taken to D.W. McMillan Hospital in Brewton with injuries that were not considered serious following the crash on Fannie Road near Century.
The chase started about 9:20 p.m. Old Fannie Road near Hollywood Drive, east of Flomaton in Escambia County, Alabama. That’s where the Escambia County (AL) Sheriff’s Office, Alabama State Troopers and Flomaton Police were conducting a vehicle checkpoint.
“As a vehicle approached the checkpoint, the driver spun around in a ditch and fled at a high rate of speed,” Escambia County (AL) Sheriff Heath Jackson said.
Law enforcement officers gave chase, with an Escambia County (AL) deputy in the lead. The pursuit continued along Fannie Road about a mile and a half before crossing into Florida. About a half mile into Florida, one deputy lost control in a curve on Fannie Road near Carnley Road, ran off the roadway and struck several trees with a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe patrol unit.
Jackson said the pursuit was called off by the lead deputy shortly after entering Florida, about the time the female deputy crashed into the trees.
A description of the vehicle that fled was not available Thursday night, and the identify of the driver remained unknown.
The wreck is under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. The Century Station of Escambia (FL) Fire Rescue, the Escambia County (FL) Sheriff’s Office and MedStar EMS also responded to the crash.
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27 Responses to “Alabama Deputy Crashes Into Tree In Florida During High Speed Chase”
The lady was hurt. The officer was hurt. She could have been killed.
The person pursued could have been guilty of many things, some major, some minor. We do not know.
The lady was hurt. The officer was hurt. She could have been killed. She could have killed or crippled others if she lost control — which she did.
Looking back with 20-20 hindsight, she would have probably done otherwise. She didn’t have the liberty to spend hours considering every possibility. Even if she considered what to do in advance, she couldn’t be sure of the outcome and won’t be sure the next time…and the next time…and the next time…
Part of the job. A very stressful job.You can’t set your standards by those you arrest. You need the highest standards and people will still second guess you from both directions.
Keep it simple. Hope she fully recovers.
David for best outcomes
HAHAHAHAHA! I love the comments on here! So by a lot of your “standards”, if a loved one is injured and dying, if someone is breaking into your house, if someone is beating the crap out of your child and you call the police or EMTs, you’re going to tell them to “make sure and stay within the speed limit!”
I love how people talk. If anyone of these people had to wait 10 minutes for a police officer to arrive while their house was being broke into, etc, they would be screaming, “WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG”?
@ undercover Brother , you cant help anyone who is dead still in a tree
SOUNDS TO ME THE EMC,FIRE, LOCAL POLICE, OR ANY OTHER DIVISION OF ENFORCEMENT SHOULD JUST STAY HOME THE WAY YOU PEOPLE SOUND..THEY ALL HAVE A JOB TO DO SO SHUT THE HELL UP AND LET THEM DO IT. IF SOMEONE HIT YOU , YOU WOULD BE WHERE IS THE LAW, OR EMT’S
I’m SORRY YOU ALL CA’N'T SEE THEY ARE HERE TO HELP. EVEN IF WE DON’T LIKE SOME OF IT.
No high speed chase is worth the life of innocent people. She should have known better. So now she is injured in the line of duty, that she caused herself? Might want to think twice about having her on the force, not only did she risk innocent lives on the roadway, she did not follow protocol. Thank goodness no one was seriously injured or killed because of her over-zealousness!
@David
I agree for additional reasons. She is also a new hire from another county and hasn’t been with the sheriff dept. but for only a little over a year. She doesn’t know the roads as well as other deputies who work that area so she shouldn’t have been running any chase regardless of who had the authority to begin it. Praying she has a full recovery and maybe a new choice in careers.
She was not the lead deputy to make that call to give chase
The lead deputy called off the chase that should have never been initiated
ECSD was never contacted on the issue..yes I do know that as a fact not supposition
Being overzealous gets innocent people killed
Not being trained in procedure and following protocol gets innocent people killed
You are right about one thing there { We back the Blue } who knows who was in the car or weather they where a child molester, murderer or just forgot the milk and turned around to go back to the grocery store. A high speed chase is one off the most dangerous things on the road. almost all end in crashes and death. they should not happen unless the person being chased has committed a felony. By the time the officer got in their car to give chase the suspect was long gone an probably didn’t know anyone was after him. since she didn’t have a description of the car ill guess she never caught up with him and he was somewhere safe before she crashed
So blame the police for doing the job they were sworn to do and not blame the criminal for running? The driver had every opportunity to stop when he saw the deputies behind him and he chose to run. Are we just blaming the police for chasing and potentially hurting or killing someone or are we just going to lay the blame where it really should lie…on the criminal? The criminal is the one who had the reckless disregard for human life. The police were doing their jobs and chasing a law breaker and who knows what they discovered when they ran the license plate.
Everyone is so quick to blame the police these days. Trust me when I say, the deputies know the dangers and would rather not chase people. The deputies in those areas know how dangerous it can be. I know because I dated a deputy for about 5 years who was from the area and he always warned me about driving those roads at night. The police took an oath to serve and protect the citizens of the jurisdictions they work in. What If they hadn’t chased the vehicle, it was involved in an accident or a crime later on or perhaps the person driving committed another crime after leaving the check point, the same people screaming that the police shouldn’t have chased the car would then be screaming why didn’t they chase the guy. Like I said in the beginning of my comment, everybody is so quick to sit back from their armchairs and judge the police for doing their jobs.
Who knows who was in the car? Does anybody other than the deputies and troopers know? What if he was a child molester, murderer or a killer? What if you or your loved ones were impacted by their criminal activity? Would you feel differently?
I say if she couldn’t give a description of the vehicle she wasn’t close enough to actually give chase. If she didn’t know the area she was in she shouldn’t have been at the rate of speed she was travelling. She was on a well travelled road and could have caused someone to get hurt or worse. No idea why the car spun around and run from them, could have been no license, no insurance, drugs or DUI. Yeah I am going to chase a drunk and possibly cause them to wreck and kill themselves or a someone else. Glad she wasn’t badly injured. Think before you act.
Another thought, since when is not wanting to deal with police at a checkpoint a crime? You turn around and leave, you have the right to do so. Sounds like the Barney Fife mentality took over in this situation. “He took off, we better get him!” What did he do wrong, other than maybe break the speed limit? Sounds like Nothing.
Bobby, I didn’t read where it said that the driver broke in any ones house ,or broke any other law.
2 wrongs don’t make a right, this officer should not have been traveling at such a high rate of speed , they could have killed people or children .
Why chase them?. they can’t out run LEO’s Radio’s. just keep them in site and call for another officer to wait for him up the road.
Ahhhhhhhh Armchair judges. LOL
Next time someone breaks into your house and steals everything you have worked hard for, or kidnaps your child, wife, etc, don’t call the police because those guys might chase that innocent criminal into the next state. God for bids if any innocent person gets hurt because the criminal has the right to flee at such great speeds and the police should just ignore it. Next time you see someone steal gas or rob a bank, call Billy Joe next door neighbor to see if he can help, please don’t call those cops who are sworn to protect, just let it ride.
I agree with all the others why put yourselves at risk and endanger others for one suspect there has got to be a better option…Praise GOD no fatal injuries.
The legality of these check points should be questioned. Since when should law enforcement just set up shop in a spot, decide to card and flash everybody that goes through, without just cause? Don’t give me that “if you’re not doing something illegal you have nothing to fear” nonsense. This behaviour is reminiscent of the old Soviet Union or East Germany. Leave people Alone!
@Susan –
So every time a criminal flees at a high speed, they are just supposed to let them go?
How about this instead, you flee from a criminal activity at a high rate of speed, and property damage and deaths are the responsibility of the criminal that is fleeing.
I wonder what they did to get law enforcement to engage in such a risky chase across state lines. just saying sounds fishy? I turn around every time I see a check point, I didn’t no it was illegal. The last time I did go through one they gave me a ticket for no insurance. They told me my card was no good because it didn’t have a exasperation date. I called my insurance company who assured me that my card was legal in all 50 states an pointed out that the card says[ in small letters on the back ] “not valid for more than a year after issued” . so I had to go find the cop who wrote me the ticket who was at another road block and didn’t even remember writing me the ticket the day before. Sometimes I ride in my car to think and don’t always want to stop and talk to a cop I don’t even know
SORRY FOR THE POOR GRAMMAR AND SPELLING, but PRIME EXAMPLE THAT EVEN SPEED IN WRITING IS CARLESS !!
THANK GOD NO ONE WAS KILLED!!!!!
WHY WOULD ANY LAW OFFICIAL PUT PEOPLES LIVES ON DEATH LINE TO CHASE A VEHICLE AT THE SPEEDS THAT WERE LETHAL IF THEY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE?!?!?!?!?!?!?! MANY OF US THAT LIVE INTHIS AREA TRAVEL TO SEE FAMILY WITH OUR CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN AND ALL LOVED ONES …. WHY PUT THEIR LIVES AT LETHAL RISK TO SEE WHO CAN CATCH THE RUNNER FIRST ???????? STOP THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED !!!!!! THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER SUCCESSFUL LAW TACTICS TO CATCH THE RUNNERS ….. PRAISE GOD NO ONE DIRD !!!!!!
Prayers!!!
why put innocent people at risk??
If you haven’t done the recon/practice runs on the twisting/winding hilly{willy-nilly} roads around these parts, you have no business trying to engage in a high-speed chase.
Trust me on this one.
I don’t know why they use those big Tahoes that can’t handle any kind of speed.
Sorry to See any LEO injured anytime. I’m sure their Tahoe’s are modified for better handling, etc but it’s still a truck. Hoping for fast return to health.