Running a red light at 90 miles per hour. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
Well, this.
According to Jalopnik, Officer Chris Bonner of the Ocoee Police Department was hauling ass down Orange Blossom Trail in pursuit of two armed robbery suspects last Thursday, but that pursuit came to a horrific end when his Dodge Charger police car slammed into Yahaira Montalvo’s Toyota Corolla at 90 miles per hour.
FHP just released video from last week’s crash involving an #Ocoee police officer @news6wkmg #News6 pic.twitter.com/NmbciqjnM2
— Amanda Castro (@AmandaNCastro) May 18, 2016
Thankfully, both Montalvo and Bonner survived the wreck, although the same can’t be said for the squad car:
Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol determined Bonner was at fault (duh, you think?) and cited him with a $164 moving violation that will also cost him four points on his license. But odds are Bonner’s failure to stop at the red light is going to cost the department much more than that, as Montalvo has hired legal counsel and is already way ahead in the sympathy game.
The innocent driver involved in the crash, 26yo Yahaira Montalvo for the first time since the accident @news6wkmg pic.twitter.com/xnY3SwkdQF
— Amanda Castro (@AmandaNCastro) May 18, 2016
That legal team sure looks like they know what they’re doing, and you have to think Montalvo’s days of driving a Corolla are over. The other big winners from last Thursday’s crash? You guessed it: the robbery suspects who wound up getting away.
Somehow, every person involved in these wrecks still has a pulse: The Craziest Accidents Where Nobody Died