NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Dashcam video from a Florida Highway Patrol trooper’s car captured troopers preventing a man from setting his car on fire along the southbound lanes of Interstate 95.
The incident occurred near Northwest 95th Street, in Northwest Miami-Dade, at around 11 a.m., Friday.
The driver could be seen stopping his white Honda on the interstate then hopping out before, FHP said, he started pouring several gallons of gasoline on top of the car.
One trooper could be seen pushing the man from behind, and three others on the passenger side of the car were ready to grab him.
When Megan Burgin saw the video for the first time, she could not believe what she saw.
“I was just shocked,” Burgin said. “He’s having a rough day to do all that. I didn’t know if he was going to then light a match with all the gasoline and start a fire on the middle of a busy highway in South Florida. I mean, it’s scary.”
“Why would you do that on all places like on the expressway?” Shellie Anne Wheeler said. “Someone could have been speeding. Someone could have hit one of the state troopers. It could’ve been a catastrophe.”
No injuries were reported.
Investigators said the man was taken to the hospital for a psychological evaluation.
“Luckily, nobody was hurt,” Burgin said. “The police responded really well, and I think being Baker Acted was probably the best choice to calm him down and get through whatever he was going through.”
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