A Florida father fleeing police crashed into a ditch, then hurled three young children over a nearly six-foot fence in a desperate escape attempt, authorities say.

Larry Rada Jr., 26, faces a slew of charges, including three counts of cruelty toward a child, three counts of child neglect — all of them without great bodily harm — hit and run, and fleeing/eluding police.

On Saturday, a Lee County Sheriff's Office deputy was patrolling around the area of Fort Myers Beach when he saw a black Infiniti with Michigan plates "driving recklessly," according to a probable cause statement reviewed by Law&Crime. The law enforcement officer tried to conduct a traffic stop, but the sedan did "a complete 360 around his patrol vehicle" and sped away.

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