Dallas Car Chase and The Video
Today’s big chase ended when Michel ran a red light and was t-boned by a man in a pickup truck named Lance Anderson, who did not sustain any serious injuries. I’m sure video and pictures from the car chase will flood local TV news broadcasts in Dallas and across the country tonight.
This chase seemed to dominate network news, with live helicopter pictures from a Dallas News chopper that even momentarily bumped Michael Jackson coverage off of the screen.
Nothing gets Americans glued to the TV screen like a good car chase, and for some reason the Dallas / Ft. Worth area seems to have about one a month. This car chase was especially spectacular, and ended like so many do—with a horrific crash.
It doesn’t matter what is being reported about, the networks will cut straight to a live feed of a car chase and begin narrating it like a horse race. The one in Dallas today included spike strips, jumping off ramps, and running down signs.
The car chase in Dallas started at 635 and Interstate 30 in Mesquite, and made its way through a bunch of different stretches of Interstate in the area. The driver, Shane Michel, seemed particularly desperate, even making his way off-road for a portion of the chase, and very nearly struck several cars in the process.
More picture and video here
