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Normally, dashcam footage of a stolen car chase comes from one of the police cars. But these images from Melbourne, Australia, are from the stolen Mercedes containing two suspects. Seeing the perspective of the fleeing criminals is a unique twist from what we are used to.
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The footage opens with the pair in the Mercedes pulling out of a city parking lot. The woman spots the Stop Stick police stationed above the only exit and asks if they can go that way, while the man simply fires at them, earning a good stick.
Later, the man, who is driving, realizes that he has lost at least one tire. He wants to abandon the stolen car, run away on foot and then get on the train. The woman, on the other hand, wants to drive to another part of the city and then ditch the drive. They continue to argue about this for a while as the man keeps trying to put distance between them and the parking lot.
Furthermore, the conversation between these two, who are reportedly 40 and 28 years old, seems erratic. We think it is possible that alcohol or drugs made things less clear for the suspects.
At one point the man is convinced that an ordinary car is facing a police officer. This causes him to make a sudden left turn on a side street and then drive off in an attempt to ditch the imaginary tail. He even swears that the car makes the same turn as she does. But the rear camera images show that this is not true.
Still, the man shoots through the red light and at one of the lights a truck grabs the back of the speeding Mercedes, turns it off and disables the stolen car. Neither suspect was able to get away on foot.
Image via Dash Cam Owners Australia/YouTube
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