Dramatic moment speeding Jaguar smashes into a road sign and police taser the driver as he tries to run away
- Motorist witnessed dramatic scene on the A112, Chingford yesterday afternoon
- Unmarked police car pulled across road as driver in Jaguar attempted to swerve
- The Jaguar motorist then attempted to flee the scene and was tasered by police
A motorist who crashed into a road sign while attempting to flee police was tasered by officers as he made away on foot in dramatic footage.
The dashcam clip, filmed by a motorist on the A112 in Chingford yesterday, captures an unmarked police car as it pulls across the road and stops in an attempt to block a driver in a blue Jaguar.
But the motorist, who had failed to stop for a marked police van earlier, attempts to swerve past the officers, mounting the curb and crashing head-on with a road sign.
Moments later, three police officers emerge from the unmarked BMW as the driver of the Jaguar makes a quick attempt to flee on foot at around 2.20pm.
Dashcam footage captured the dramatic moment a motorist who crashed into a road sign while attempting to flee police was tasered by officers as he made away on foot
The motorist stumbles as he makes his escape and is pushed to the ground by officers, one of whom fires his taser at the man.
Two further patrol cars then arrive at the incident as the motorist filming the scene turns onto a side street and the clip comes to an end.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of taking and driving away, being drunk and disorderly and possession of class B drugs, the Metropolitan Police confirmed.
He was taken into custody after treatment at hospital following the crash.
The cameraman, who asked to remain anonymous, said: ‘In front of the car ahead of me I noticed an unmarked police car with blue lights flashing.
‘Further ahead, another police car was entering the main road from a side road on the opposite side. I slowed down further unsure what was going on.’
A man in a blue Jaguar is restrained by police officers after he crashed into a road sign and attempted to flee
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of taking and driving away, being drunk and disorderly and possession of class B drugs, the Metropolitan Police confirmed
It was then that the BMW swerved over to the opposite side of the road, and the Jaguar mounted the pavement in an apparent attempt to escape police.
‘Just as the Jaguar driver corrected the car to rejoin the road he smashed full speed into the post set in the pavement concrete,’ he said. ‘Almost straight away the driver jumped out in an attempt to run away.
‘He stumbled, then I heard the police shouting at him to get down and get on the floor. They had all jumped out of their vehicles.’
The motorist, 37, added he noticed one of the police officers had a taser aimed at the Jaguar driver, who threw his hands up in surrender.
‘The officer with the taser fired at him a split second later and multiple officers descended on the driver. At that point I drove away,’ he said.
Earlier in the clip, an unmarked police car had pulled across the road and stopped in an attempt to block the Jaguar
‘It was dramatic in the moment but it wasn’t until I left the immediate scene that the enormity of what occurred hit me. I wasn’t interested in seeing any more, just glad to be unscathed.’
A spokeswoman for Metropolitan Police said: ‘At approximately 14:20 on Monday, 18 May, officers detained the driver of a Jaguar car that had collided with a road sign on the A112/Redwood Gardens.
‘The vehicle had failed to stop for a marked police van in the E5 area. It was seen by other officers a short time later and pursued.
‘The driver was arrested on suspicion of taking and driving away, being drunk and disorderly and possession of class B drugs. He was taken into custody after treatment at hospital following the collision.
‘The driver was Tasered during the incident. A police officer also required hospital treatment for a hand injury.’