Body cam video shows moment stolen Bud Light semi crashes into a deputy’s cruiser
By Emily Sanderson
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VANDERBURGH COUNTY, Indiana (WLWT) — An Indiana man is facing charges, accused of stealing a Bud Light semi and leading officers on a chase that ended in a crash.
41-year-old Randall Baker has been charged with attempted murder, auto theft, criminal recklessness, resisting law enforcement, reckless operation of a tractor trailer and driving while intoxicated.
The situation unfolded Friday around 3:07 p.m. when deputies got word of a stolen beer truck out of Evansville.
Deputies saw the semi driving on Diamond Avenue and when they tried to pull the truck over, the driver refused, leading deputies on a chase.
During the pursuit, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office said a deputy got out of his patrol car in an effort to deploy stop sticks. At the same time, the sheriff’s office said the suspect steered the semi toward the deputy and hit the patrol car, leaving heavy damage and causing the semi to veer off the road and into a field.
The deputy was uninjured.
Body camera footage shows deputies surround the semi, deploying pepper ball rounds and demanding the driver exit the truck.
The suspect was then taken into custody.
This incident remains under investigation.
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