One of the Craziest Police Chases Happened in New Mexico

When people think of New Mexico, you probably think of Roswell, the green chile peppers, or perhaps the show Breaking Bad. As someone who grew up watching police pursuits shows on tv like World's Wildest Police Videos & Real TV, one of the first things that come to mind when thinking of New Mexico, is the iconic police pursuit involving a stolen car and a semi truck.

This crazy police pursuit took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico back in 1993.

The date is March 16, 1993 & the location is Bernalillo County/Albuquerque, New Mexico. Police were in hot pursuit of a stolen red car with 2 armed suspects inside. Realizing they needed help, the officer inside the car with the dashboard camera uses his radio to call any truck drivers ahead to offer some assistance. One truck driver hears the call, and offers to help by using his giant semi truck to help force the car off the road.

After a couple of minutes of avoiding the truck and by driving onto the other side of the highway, eventually the thieves gave up & pulled over. This allowed the officers to stop & arrest them. The best part of this whole story? The driver of the semi truck was actually a retired Sheriff's Deputy from Alabama, so he's had YEARS of experience stopping police pursuits.

The dashboard camera was uploaded onto YouTube in 2019; it has over 10 MILLION views (and has been featured in various blogs of the craziest police chases ever captured on video).All of which goes to show just how many people were amazed by this 30 year piece of police footage.

Now normally police don't want people to get involved in police chases; there's a good chance you can get hurt (or worse). But every so often, they do appreciate the help.

If you want to see more insane police dashcam footage, you can see the story of the Texas psychic cop here.

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