Overview
- The video shows troopers guiding a crying 3-year-old out of an overturned Dodge Charger, and police said both the child and his mother were cleared by medics at the scene.
- Arkansas State Police said a trooper tried to stop the car in Joiner, the driver refused to pull over, and a pursuit intervention technique caused the vehicle to flip.
- Authorities identified the driver as 23-year-old Thalia Jones and filed charges that include speeding, reckless driving, driving with a suspended license, child endangerment, and unauthorized use of another person’s vehicle to commit a crime.
- Police said the car belonged to Jones’ boyfriend, they reported the case to the Child Abuse Hotline, and the child was later released to another adult.
- A PIT maneuver is a police tactic that taps the rear of a fleeing car to make it spin, and the sudden loss of control can lead to rollovers in crashes like this one.