Wild new dashcam video shows the pursuit of a Hialeah teen who authorities said drove the wrong way on Interstate 95 while trying to flee from troopers.
Abel Campos, 19, is facing charges of fleeing and attempted eluding at a high speed and reckless driving with damage, Miami-Dade jail records showed.
According to an arrest report, the incident unfolded around 4 p.m. Wednesday when a Florida Highway Patrol trooper spotted a white Honda, driven by Campos, heading northbound in the shoulder of I-95 near Northwest 151st Street in a reckless manner.
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Abel Campos
The trooper tried to stop the Honda but it continued to speed away in a heavily congested area, maneuvering around traffic before it entered a construction zone, the report said.
The dashcam video obtained by NBC6 on Friday shows a trooper giving chase as the Honda flees through the construction zone then stops and is rammed by the trooper.
The Honda turns around and goes out of the zone then starts heading going southbound on the northbound shoulder.
Moments later, the Honda, which has turned around, continues fleeing and enters the construction zone again and briefly gets air after hitting a bump.
RAW: Wild new dashcam video shows the pursuit of a Hialeah teen who authorities drove the wrong way on Interstate 95 while trying to flee from troopers.
The trooper rams the Honda again and the damaged car finally stops before Campos gets out.
“Get your f—ing hands up! Get on the floor!” the trooper yells as he points his weapon at Campos, before he complies and is taken into custody.
“What is wrong with you man?” the trooper asks. “Why are you running?”
Campos is heard saying he doesn’t have insurance.
“That’s just a ticket,” the trooper says. “Now look what you did, you know how many peoples’ lives you put at risk?”
Campos was taken into custody and booked into jail. FHP officials said no one was injured.