A police pursuit that began after officers learned a driver had purchased illegal drugs ended with a multi-vehicle crash and the tasing of a man following a foot chase in southwest Oklahoma City.
New video shows an officer ramming the driver's pickup truck near I-240 and Santa Fe Avenue in an attempt to end the high-speed pursuit after the driver refused to stop. The chase culminated in a crash involving several vehicles after an officer used a tactical maneuver to stop the speeding pickup.
After the wreck, the man fled on foot before he was tased and taken into custody by metro police.
Elena Barajas and her friends were on their way home when they witnessed the chaotic scene. They watched as multiple police cars closed in on the truck. An officer struck the vehicle, causing it to lose