Watch as speeding driver crashes and flees on foot after police pursuit
Footage released by police shows the moment a speeding driver crashed and ran from officers following a pursuit in the early hours of Saturday morning.
In the early hours of Saturday morning (Jan 17), a Barnsley response officer noticed a Ford Fiesta driving at excess speed on the Dearne Valley Parkway.
The driver responded to the marked vehicle and initially slowed down.
But quickly sped off when the officer followed the driver and requested him to stop.
A pursuit commenced, but the police said the “response officer remained cool, calm and collected, feeding back key details to our control room so they could monitor”.
The pursuit came to a stop after the vehicle crashed and the driver fled on foot.
The officer pursued the driver on foot and detained him nearby.
The driver was asked to complete a roadside drugs wipe, which came up positive for cocaine.
The driver, a 22-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of failing to stop, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, and driving while under the influence of drugs.
He has since been bailed pending further enquiries.