Terrifying moment driver fleeing cops smashes into building – as tumbling bricks kill innocent pedestrian
THIS is the terrifying moment a driver smashes into a wall in a bid to escape police causing a building to collapse and crush a pedestrian to death.
Graphic footage shows a man in a stolen car being pursued by cops before colliding with another vehicle and crashing into a building, causing it to collapse.
The incident happened at a Baltimore intersection in February where the crash flattened most of the unoccupied building, killing a pedestrian and injuring five others.
Driver Shawn Lee Brunson, 33, was arrested at the scene and was later charged with stealing a 2017 Hyundai Sonata along with other offences related to the matter.
The chase started after cops spotted the stolen vehicle in the area of East North Avenue and tried to check it but the driver took off.
As he was trying to flee, the driver hit another car before crashing into the building causing to collapse.
Pedestrian Alfred Fincher, 54 who was buried in the rubble was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Five others, including two in the stolen car, were injured and were taken to hospital.
In a twist, the unnamed officers who were in charge of the pursuit are now being investigated by the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of Attorney General – according to reports from CBS News.
Body-worn camera footage of the police response reveals that officers were told to end their pursuit shortly before the crash happened.
It will be the decision of the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office whether or not to prosecute the officers involved.
The Independent Investigations Division office was created in 2021 to investigate all police-involved fatalities in the state of Maryland.