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Exit the interstate. thats what he did. >> we were closing in on him, and he had nowhere to go. >> the limo finally loses control and crashes. the troopers apprehend the driver and then realize theres also a passenger along for the wild ride. and when police ask the driver the reason he fled? >> he just thought that he had a suspended license and thats why he took off. >> now, instead of facing a minor offense, the suspect, dane christian, is convicted of criminal and traffic violations includin...

Caught on dash cam is this one, when police pursue a 15-foot limousine going down the highway backward. april 22nd, 2006, west chester county, new york. trooper todd boemer is patrolling interstate 64. >> i was conducting radar enforcement when i saw a large limo, white limo coming northbound at a high rate of speed. the vehicle was going 124 miles per hour. >> the officer gives chase as the driver tears down the interstate. officer boemer is left to wonder why. >> in my mind, what does he have ...

Whatever? >> in a neighboring township trooper sean kelly hears the call for assistance. >> i was in a position where i could assist him. i was north of his location, and there was a good chance id be able to intercept the vehicle. >> trooper kelly enters the interstate and spots the runaway limo. >> he actually was passing cars over the yellow lines, and he actually passed a number of cars right in front of me. >> then something finally gives. >> i wasnt sure what the smoke was. i didnt know if...

>> he actually was passing cars over the yellow lines, and he actually passed a number of cars right in front of me. >> then something finally gives. >> i wasnt sure what the smoke was. i didnt know if it was transmission or whatever. i didnt know if it was coming from his car. >> the limousines transmission blows and it seems the culprit has finally run out of options, but just when the troopers think the chase is over, the driver finds another gear that works -- reverse. >> yeah, he did it bac...

April 22nd, 2006, west chester county, new york. trooper todd boemer is patrolling interstate 64. >> i was conducting radar enforcement when i saw a large limo, white limo coming northbound at a high rate of speed. the vehicle was going 124 miles per hour. >> the officer gives chase as the driver tears down the interstate. officer boemer is left to wonder why. >> in my mind, what does he have in the vehicle? whos in the vehicle? a dead body, a gun, drugs, whatever? >> in a neighboring township t...

April 22nd, 2006, west chester county, new york. trooper todd boemer is patrolling interstate 64. >> i was conducting radar enforcement when i saw a large limo, white limo coming northbound at a high rate of speed. the vehicle was going 124 miles per hour. >> the officer gives chase as the driver tears down the interstate. officer boemer is left to wonder why. >> in my mind, what does he have in the vehicle? whos in the vehicle? a dead body, a gun, drugs, whatever? >> in a neighboring township t...

So to speak. >> buddy rogers, thank you, sir. best of luck to you. well be thinking about you. >> thank you. same here. thank you. >> severe weather is to blame for two serious accidents in the section of interstate 64 in kentucky earlier today. one accident involving a fire truck that we just showed you just a second ago. more now from scott adkins with cnn affiliate wabe. >> reporter: traffic was at a standstill for hours. just as firefighters finished responding to a rollover, another car sla...

Paduca and into kokomo. as a result, already five fatalities reported with that. this is interstate 64, where we had a report in washington county, several fatalities, widespread damage. then we move up a little further towards the north, and this is the severe storm that spawned the tornado that moved from pekin to washington. widespread damage reported there. when they look at the damage, they will give it an ef number. the higher the number, the worse the damage. ef-5 would mean total destruc...

Who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation. hail mary full of grace the lord is -- >> don, when you listen to that, you hear a certain desperation. and just chilling words. as this man is praying that nothing happens to him and his family, across the great lakes. this is the same scenario as we have had dozens and dozens of reports in tornadoes. right now, 65, what they refer to as filtered reports. meaning they have taken out the duplicate reports of tornadoes. but i want to show y...

Interstate, but touchdown, left a path of damage. we have a report that an ef-4 tornado, 200 miles an hour, widespread damage, almost near destruction, this happened in washington county illinois. this is not in the city of washington. thats an area that started out in pekin, just to the southern suburbs of peoria. then off towards washington washington. look what is happening now. a smaller and smaller line of storms. right now severe thunderstorms warnings out, no warnings. we see one warning ...