A Florida man in a stolen automobile crashed on a Fort Myers space bridge throughout a police chase after which tried to keep away from seize by leaping into the river, video launched by authorities this week confirmed.
The 34-year-old man survived the bounce from the Edison Bridge, which spans the Caloosahatchee River, late Friday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.
He faces fees of auto theft and fleeing, in line with the sheriff’s workplace.
The pursuit began when sheriff’s deputies tried to drag over the van, which had been reported stolen, and it sped off, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. The helicopter video confirmed the automobile shedding management and crashing into the barrier on the aspect of the bridge.
Video after the bounce appeared to point out the person swimming towards the help columns of the bridge, the place he was pulled from the water by a Fort Myers police boat.
He was taken to a hospital for therapy, however his situation was not instantly obtainable Wednesday evening. A sheriff’s workplace spokesperson didn’t return a request for extra particulars after enterprise hours.
The van was stolen from the person’s aunt, NBC affiliate WBBH of Fort Myers reported.
On-line courtroom data didn’t record an lawyer for the driving force Wednesday evening.
The Edison Bridge connects Fort Myers and North Fort Myers.
It has a vertical clearance, or peak from the water to the underside of the bridge, of over 50 toes, in line with U.S. authorities nautical info supplies.
