A wild video showing a tenth-generation Chevy Impala catching air after hitting a highway overpass at a high rate of speed has gone viral online.
According to NBC affiliate Wood TV, this crash happened along US-131 in Dorr Township, Michigan just after 2 p.m. last Thursday. Witnesses reported seeing a Chevy Impala travelling at a high rate of speed before it left the road, drove up a dirt embankment and launched into the air. The car ended up clearing the overpass completely before landing on another dirt embankment between the highway and an on-ramp, striking a road sign.
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Witness Mike Rodriguez told Wood TV he looked up when he was exiting the highway and was surprised to see the blue-colored Chevy soaring through the air.
“As I was exiting coming up to the stop sign, I heard a thump, and I just happened to look up to my left and I saw the car flying over the bridge to the other side of the road,” Rodriguez said.
Witnesses approached the vehicle and saw the 25-year old male driver climbing out of the back window. While the driver had a large cut on his head, his injuries are considered non-life-threatening.
“How he walked away from this… and survived it. I mean, somebody was definitely watching out over him,” Rodriguez added.
Michigan State Police suspected the 25-year old was driving under the influence and took him to the hospital to have a blood test performed. The person’s name has not yet been released as he has yet to be charged with a crime. Wood TV reports the driver has previous convictions for driving under the influence, along with a felony drug offence and fleeing police. He also had his license suspended last March.
Check out the video of the crash embedded below.
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ohhh…them Duke boys!
Yeeeeeee Hawwwwwwww!
Whee !!!! ?
Just when you thought you’d seen everything… This guy thinks he’s has Knight Rider turbo boost lol. Unlike the Duke boys he didn’t get away from the police 😂!
Retired out of GM Oshawa. Built many Impala’s, possibly that one. Knew they were a solid car but HOLY! If that was a Fusion or a Taurus they’d be planning that boy’s funeral right now.
Only thing the video was missing was Rosco in hot pursuit!
The end of this video.
Hazard county has grown!
I have seen more videos of people intoxicated driving impalas airborne one was in Dallas at a toll booth. The neat thing is they come out not hurt or severely injured. But it just amazes me.
Would anyone be yucking it up if this idiot killed someone?
Real Life Horizon 5 action. Often after playing the video game I get tempted to try the stunts in real life.
Looks like he shudda been drivin’ an orange Dodge, they seem to survive everything……in the movies, or when you are drunk.
There is no cure for stupid, this moron eventually gonna kill people. Him + car = murder weapon.
THAT WAS AWSOME!!!