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Bang. and i saw it out of my corner of my eye. my car was going up and back. and it felt like it was traveling right over my head. and it was an eerie feeling. >> the speeding van crushes manning's police cruiser. car parts and glass fly in every direction. the collision sends the van spinning out of control, into the middle of the road, barely missing the other cruiser filming the incident. >> after the collision, i realized i was okay, ways looking around at my other fellow police officers, making sure everybody was all right. >> incredibly, no officers are hurt during the impact. as other u...

He survives the impact only to be promptly arrested by authorities. an idaho state trooper attempting to stop a car chase in progress narrowly escapes death on the side of the road. >> i just looked at my car. and it was completely demolished. and i was just relieved that i was alive and still in one piece. >> sergeant matt manning thought he'd seen everything in his almost 25 years in law enforcement. but a call to the indian reservation almost becomes his last. >> i was at the state police office in pocatello. we received a call requesting assistance from us in trying to stop a suspect veh...

He apologized for the ordeal. >> still on the beat, sergeant manning has a new outlook and some sage advice for his colleagues out on patrol. >> exercise extreme caution when you're a situation like this where you're deploying the spike strips. make every effort to get yourself some cover and do it in a safe location. >> we've seen what happens when drivers get distracted. air shows go awry. when people get reckless on the road, many of the crash victims you saw in this hour were left with only cuts and bruises. some suffered worse, and some even lost their lives. but no one involved in any of...

Was going to go through without being spiked. >> sergeant manning, seen here on the right, waits for the fugitive to arrive. but not for long. >> i move towards the back of my police car because i see that it's the suspect vehicle has crossed the centerline now, aiming right for my car. i didn't want to run out to the left or to the right and get run over. so i just waited until the suspect vehicle was committed in one direction. >> the van is barrelling toward the officer at a tremendous speed, showing no signs of slowing down. with the vehicle right in front of him and with almost no time to...

Hassanhass n shot me another five times before i was able to get to safety. >> did you look for your firearm? tell us about that. >> well instance tanstaneously, that's just instinct to reach for our firearm, which we didn't have. i think to arm all personnel at the military facility they're working on. especially when they're in a duty uniform. so at least we'll be able to fight back against a threat that's presented before us. >> sergeant manning, did you look for your firearm? >> absolutely it ran through my head so many times. after the shooting, you know if only we'd had a weapon or some ...