Moment sparks fly as gas canisters thrown at cops from 'stolen car' during 135mph police chase

A constabulary chopper joined the pursuit arsenic the car raced towards Newark, reaching speeds of implicit 135mp - with footage showing state canisters being thrown retired astatine officers pursuing successful a car behind

Dramatic footage shows sparks flying from a suspected stolen car with 3 teenagers wrong during a heart-stopping 135mph constabulary chase.

The conveyance which was spotted driving connected cloned plates astatine astir 10.20pm connected Saturday, with a 16-year-old down the wheel. The operator on with 2 different boys aged 14 and 17, reportedly raced distant from constabulary on the A46 successful Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.

A constabulary chopper joined the pursuit arsenic the car raced towards Newark, reaching speeds of implicit 135mph - with footage showing state canisters being thrown retired astatine officers pursuing successful a car behind. Police doubly deployed spiked stingers which burst the tyres but the suspects continued to thrust connected the car's rims. Footage from the unit chopper shows sparks flying from the getaway car aft it hurtled the incorrect mode astir a roundabout successful Farndon.

When officers connected the crushed deed the car with a 2nd stinger the operator mislaid power and crashed into a wall. One of the suspects was arrested astatine the country portion 2 others leapt retired the car and fled connected foot. Following a lengthy pursuit successful the acheronian implicit fields and done rivers the 2 suspects were arrested and a weapon was besides seized.

A boy, 16, was arrested connected suspicion of unsafe driving, failing to stop, theft of a vehicle, possessing a weapon successful public, and driving without security oregon a licence. Police besides arrested 2 boys, aged 14 and 17, connected suspicion of unsafe driving. The 17-year-old was besides arrested connected suspicion of theft of a conveyance and possessing Class B drugs.

Chief Inspector Clive Collings, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "This was a fantastic illustration of our antithetic policing teams moving unneurotic to execute a affirmative effect - successful this lawsuit arresting 3 radical who showed a blatant disregard for nationalist safety.

With NPAS providing enactment from above, our officers connected the crushed did an fantabulous occupation of tracking this conveyance from a harmless distance, contempt it exceeding 135mph astatine 1 point. That cipher was wounded during this pursuit was down to a substance of bully luck and the professionalism of the officers progressive successful this incident, including those who safely deployed stingers astatine the captious moments."