By Matthew Roscoe • Published: 19 Sep 2022 • 11:17
WATCH: Shocking footage of police car stopping suspect's moped which bursts into flames. Image: @DailyLoud/Twitter
The video shows the moment a moped driver, who was suspected of being the perpetrator of a ‘shots fired incident’, slammed into a police car while trying to flee officers, where the moped then bursts into flames.
https://twitter.com/y123_john/status/1571778368697208832?s=21&t=S1sr2X-2hxxzSF5pm0faYA
According to reports, the incident happened in New York.
The suspect is believed to be 34-year-old.
A closer look pic.twitter.com/nQ8MNL1kbg — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) September 17, 2022
A closer look pic.twitter.com/nQ8MNL1kbg
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) September 17, 2022
One person wrote on Twitter: “🤣🤣 this reminds me of Spongebob for some reason.”
🤣🤣 this reminds me of spongebob for some reason https://t.co/vwmv661ThO — Daniel Orellana (@notdanorellana) September 19, 2022
🤣🤣 this reminds me of spongebob for some reason https://t.co/vwmv661ThO
— Daniel Orellana (@notdanorellana) September 19, 2022
While another person shared a video of the Spongebob incident: “Damn, I hope the moped ride is ok… That being said, I’m dying cuz that moped really went like…”
Damn, I hope the moped ride is ok… That being said, I'm dying cuz that moped really went like… https://t.co/UDBseTB46e pic.twitter.com/x69WIAIfR6 — Goatmilk (@BadJokeMelvin) September 18, 2022
Damn, I hope the moped ride is ok…
That being said, I'm dying cuz that moped really went like… https://t.co/UDBseTB46e pic.twitter.com/x69WIAIfR6
— Goatmilk (@BadJokeMelvin) September 18, 2022
“All the people on here not understanding the moped was being chased by cops. The Police SUV happened to be ahead of them and pulled out to stop the moped. Everything after that is on the moped,” said another person.
All the people on here not understanding the moped was being chased by cops. The Police SUV happened to be ahead of them and pulled out to stop the moped. Everything after that is on the moped. — The Reaping Pineapple (@ReaperNexus) September 17, 2022
All the people on here not understanding the moped was being chased by cops. The Police SUV happened to be ahead of them and pulled out to stop the moped. Everything after that is on the moped.
— The Reaping Pineapple (@ReaperNexus) September 17, 2022
It is unknown when the incident actually took place but the video of the shocking scene is still being shared online as of Monday, September 19.
As if a video of a rollerblader being manhandled by police during a Royal Convoy in London over the weekend.
The video shared late on Sunday, September 18 shows the rollerblader being strongly manhandled by police for skating towards the Royal Convoy in England’s capital of London as people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the mourning royals.
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