TAMARAC, FLA. (WSVN) - A chaotic crash in Tamarac that involved a Broward Sheriff’s Office cruiser sent three people to the hospital and left a civilian dead. Authorities said the collision bought the pursuit of a stolen vehicle to an end.
BSO units responded to the scene of the multi-vehicle and deputy-involved wreck at the intersection of Northwest 31st Avenue and Prospect Road in Tamarac, just after midnight on Tuesday.
Cameras captured several mangled vehicles that have since been towed from the scene.
According to investigators, the crash involved a stolen Jeep Cherokee out of Margate. Detectives with the Margate Police Department had issued a “be on the lookout” for the stolen vehicle earlier that night.
Authorities said the Cherokee was “spotted in the City of Tamarac,” and a pursuit ensued.
The initial crash occurred between the BSO patrol car and a civilian car. A second crash took place a short time after involving the Cherokee.
Witness Jared Fisher said he was working at a nearby 7-Eleven when a customer pointed out a “high-speed chase” happening near the store. That’s when, Fisher said, he looked out the window and saw the BSO vehicle in pursuit of a car.
“We saw like six cops coming, and they were chasing after one car as well, and the car that was getting chased went through the intersection — it passed through easily — and the cop behind him collided with a car that was making a left-hand turn,” he said. “Me and the customer, we were just, like, in shock. We heard a collision; it was big, it was loud.”
The force of the impact left the civilian pickup overturned and debris scattered across the intersection.
“You weren’t expecting anything like this to happen, but once it happened, it was very shocking; my blood pressure rose,” he said. “It was so loud, it had a big impact. We could hear it from inside the store.”
Surveillance video from inside a store shows multiple BSO vehicles racing through the intersection before they slow down and stop.
“When we stepped outside and heard the collision, we heard several cops came out and ran directly to the car and were screaming, ‘Are you OK? Are you all right?'” said Fisher. “That right there just raised the concern levels and made everything so intense.”
Police scanners captured those tense moments.
“We’ve got [a victim] bleeding from the eye and the head, conscious but out of it,” said a first responder. “We have another vehicle rolled over on its side.”
Surveillance video also shows the Cherokee cutting through a warehouse parking lot with deputies close behind before it crashed into a fence.
Paramedics with Tamarac Fire Rescue responded to the scene and rushed the deputy, civilian driver, subject and a passenger in the civilian car to a nearby hospital. The civilian driver was later pronounced dead, while the others involved suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.
Fisher said dozens of deputies responded and shut down the intersection.
“It was about 30 cops out. I haven’t seen anything like this before,” he said.
The intersection remained closed to traffic for hours as they carried out their investigation.
As of Wednesday morning, the charges for the subject remain unknown. BSO’s Internal Affairs Unit is investigating the incident.
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