School Bus Chase, Dash-Cam New Mexico

New Mexico State Police have released dash-cam video as well as recordings of radio communications between officers and dispatchers as they attempted to stop a stolen school bus speeding toward Albuquerque.

The March 9, 2012 incident took place right at the beginning of morning rush hour, and officers worked furiously to prevent the runaway vehicle from barreling into Albuquerque where many innocent people may have been hurt or killed.

"Let's try to see if we can get this done before we get to Albuquerque," one cop can be heard saying on the radio.

During the pursuit, multiple agencies took part in a variety of tactics to stop 27-year-old Nathaniel Shipman, including at least two spike-strip deployments and a daring PIT attempt by one New Mexico State Police Officer in his patrol car.

The bus proved just too big for the cruiser, but a State Police SUV was eventually able to PIT the bus. Less-lethal beanbag rounds were then deployed, but still, the violator resisted.

Finally, one officer fired rounds from his sidearm, and the suspect was taken into custody with non-life-threatening injuries.

Source msnbc.com

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[SteveVids47]

lmao i though the news people where saying "shit men" for the suspects name!

[Rodj12341]

What did they do with the bus? It had LEDs on it.

[Joey Vicencio]

i saw this video last night when i was high, tripped me the fuck out, also u would think the guy in the bus was one hell of a good bus driver to not crash from those two other cops that failed but your right, the SUV was the only one that could do it, but give those other cops some credit for almost stoping him.

[Joseph Summers]

Just saw this on "World's Wildest Police Videos". Two squad cars wrecked trying to pit manoeuvre the 10 ton bus. I don't know why you would bother trying over and over... the only reason the SUV can do it is because its bigger, more powerful, and the bus had very little tire left at that point.

[jmatt98]

This video is from a Coban video system