Big Rig Police Chase Video: Man Clings To Back Of Semi During High-Speed Chase (VIDEO)

In a wild high-speed police chase, a trailerless semi truck flees authorities with a man clinging to the back of the vehicle. The truck eventually slows down enough to allow the man no the back to jump off, where he falls, gets up, and then seems to wander around. The man driving the truck is forced out by about a dozen police and wrestled to the ground after the truck stops, although not without some difficulty.

However, the highlight of this video is Fox News' Shepherd Smith's commentary. Smith is fired up and can hardly believe his eyes, exclaiming several times "Are you kidding?!" when referring to the man clinging to the back of the truck. He also states that he can't wait to find out what drugs this guy is on, and Smith's suspicions about the man being on drugs is confirmed in his mind when he sees how long it takes the police to subdue him.

Another thing I appreciated is how Smith tells his producers numerous times to get rid of the chryon at the bottom of the screen so we can have a full view of the chase. Good stuff.

FROM AP:

Police said they arrested a man who stole a trailerless semi Tuesday and led them on a 50-mile chase down a Georgia interstate with the semi's owner clinging to the back.

A state trooper was shot in the arm during the incident, but authorities do not think the carjacking suspect fired at the officer. It was not immediately clear where the gunshot came from.

Capt. Jason Bolton with the Henry County police department said authorities believe the suspect carjacked the truck in Union City just south of Atlanta. Bolton said county authorities helped chase the truck as it barreled down Interstate 75 with the truck's owner sitting on the back.

TV helicopter footage showed the owner jumping off the back of the truck and into the middle of the interstate as it slowed down in Monroe County. When the truck stopped, armed officers surrounded it and broke through the windows before pulling the driver out and wrestling him to the ground.

Comments

[heroine addict]

"PCP is not a horse tranquelizer...it is a hallucinagen derived from embalming fluid."

PCP (Phencyclidine) is a dissociative anesthetic, and not chemically related to embalming fluid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phencyclidine

[FatJoe]

That was Shep Smith? A national newsperson? As watched the video, I thought it was some bumblewit hick from some suburban Georgian station in the middle of nowhere who'd happened to be broadcast nationally because he happened to be in the studio at the time. But then I read the text and see that it's one of Fox's marquee newscasters? Holy Christ.

[keene]

What I'd like to know is why how or what was the owner of the truck doing on the back???

[Dbos]

Where else would the owner be ? Kind of like driving miss Daisy .

[ramal]

Lock the creep up and throw away the key.

[AmazingChicken]

Sure glad ol' Shep's telling me how I should judge these guys. Such a professional news person.

NOT.

[jan4insight]

I agree. And in case I ever forget, I'll think of this video to remind me why I shold NEVER watch Faux Noise.

[redhead61]

Was the "Big Rig" a cousin to a car named "Christine"???

(Headline reads like it was the big rig that was doing the fleeing...and not the person driving it.._)

Just sayin'....

[MichaelMcKLA]

Enjoy prison. When the inmates offer you credit, snacks, smokes or offer to do you favors: Say "Yes."

[masterdaddy0]

20 white police officers with guns and police dogs against a black man. yup

[EndangeredJackalope]

Well you know, that kind of happens when you lead a high speed chase in a big rig, with an innocent civilian on back.

Would it have made you happier if they were 20 latino cops?

[stevensnell]

I'm not so sure this was about race.

[EndangeredJackalope]

Shepard Smith is hilarious.

[brandnewstuff]

We do not know if the man was on drug- 20 guns would freak anyone out- and we do not know the full story- FOX HYPE again

[Thor1]

Actually Smith is right. The drugs that this perp was on was PCP, otherwise known has horse tranquelizers (sp).

[nycvagabond]

how do you know?

[Marklar]

PCP is not a horse tranquelizer...it is a hallucinagen derived from embalming fluid.

[instagladiator]

BS. The guy was merely pumped up with what anyone in that situation would be pumped up with - it's called adrenalin. But, I suppose that wouldn't make for a really Fox style Hot news story?

[Phideaux]

Bad Boys, Bad Boys... whatcha' gonna' do, whatcha' gonna' do when de' come for you....
(Inner Circle)

[jnratliff]

Just another good republican!

[Babysnake]

Geez!
Close to 20 guns on him. I'd think that is a bit of overkill and probably dangerous to cops and everyone else.

[sisterdebmac]

Some of those cops were definitely in the line of each other's fire.

[Copeword]

One of the troopers was shot in the arm.

[Henk]

Cops are more likely to be shot accidentally by one of their peers than they are by a suspect. It happens more often the you think and and lot more than we hear about. Notice how the cop was shot, but no one knows where the shot came from. I can tell you: I was one of his fellow officers.

[stevensnell]

How lucky that you happen to have this information!