Shocking moment A 16-year-old teenage car thief jumps out of a speeding vehicle and crashes into a guardrail while being chased by police officers
- Horrific police dashcam footage shows the moment a 16-year-old Ohio man jumps out of a moving car he stole while fleeing police in Whitehall on Wednesday
- Miraculously, the teenager was unharmed despite wearing a plastic neck brace from a previous injury sustained in a crash involving another stolen car
- The teenager jumps out of the passenger door into a crash barrier, loses both shoes and falls over
- After handcuffing the teenager, an officer is heard asking, “How old are you son? Don’t you care if you die?’ – the teenager replies “No, I do”
Shocking dashcam footage shows the moment a 16-year-old car thief jumped from a moving vehicle in Ohio as he tried to evade police.
The teenager, who was wearing a neck brace in a previous accident, sped away from officers around 1am before hitting a strip of spikes and beginning to swerve.
He drives along the road’s guardrail and can be seen transitioning from the driver’s side of the car to the passenger seat.
But then he jumps out the door and loses both shoes as he bounces off the ground – his legs whipping up and flipping over to hit the guardrail.
Miraculously, Whitehall Police said, the Columbus teenager walked away from the crash with only minor injuries.
Dash cam footage of a Whitehall Police Department squad car has captured the moment a 16-year-old jumped from the passenger side of a vehicle he had stolen while dodging police on Wednesday
An officer jumps out of his vehicle to help the teenager while another police car chases after the stolen car, which was still moving, a few hundred meters further.
In body camera footage shared by ABC 6, the teenager can be heard asking police if they “check to see if my neck is broken” and asking them to tighten the brace.
Police said he got the braces after he was injured in a crash involving another stolen car.
The teenager emerged from the accident with only minor injuries, police said, although he was wearing a neck brace after a previous accident in another stolen vehicle, police said
It is unclear whether the vehicle caught the carjacker rolling away
The stolen vehicle continues to roll after the 16-year-old jumps out
After handcuffing the teenager, an officer is heard asking, “How old are you son? Don’t you care if you die?’
“No, I do,” replies the car thief.
Officers accused the minor of receiving stolen property and then handed him over to paramedics.
They took him to Mount Carmel East Hospital for treatment of his minor injuries.
An officer jumps out of his vehicle to help the teenager while another police car chases after the stolen car, which was still moving, a few hundred meters further
In body camera footage shared by ABC 6, the teenager can be heard asking police if they “check to see if my neck is broken” and asking them to tighten the brace
The Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center reviewed him and ruled that the teenager did not meet the criteria for entry into the juvenile court system, and he was released into his mother’s custody on Wednesday.
The Whitehall Police Department has not responded to ‘s request for comment.