Chasing a fleeing suspect in a car can be one of the most dangerous aspects of a police officer’s job.
The unexpected always adds a twist to a chase.
And Florida sheriff deputies got the shock of their lives in hot pursuit during one bad chase.
The slowest car chase in the history of Florida
Normally, when police pursue a suspect who flees them in a vehicle it becomes a dangerous high-speed chase.
One suspect in Florida led law enforcement in what is being described as the slowest chase in the history of the state.
Kyle McNary, 33, was driving a black Kia Sorento SUV when he stopped at an intersection in Bunnell, Florida where he ditched one of his passengers on the side of the road.
“Investigators said that when McNary stopped to switch places with his passenger, he ran into the street, waving at passing cars. As the passenger attempted to take the driver’s seat, McNary kicked him out and sped off, leaving the passenger on the roadside,” WPEC 12 News reported.
He continued driving until he got involved in a hit-and-run accident about four miles away from where he ditched his passenger.
The victim of McNary’s accident was seriously injured, and the police were called.
Bunnell Police and the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office spotted his Sorento, and the chase was on.
McNary traveled three miles per hour while law enforcement was in hot pursuit behind them.
They tried using their lights and bull horns to get him to pull over to no avail.
Sheriff’s deputies used stop sticks to try to puncture the tires on his SUV.
One of McNary’s tires was taken out but that did not stop him.
“But McNary continued to try and get away, at this point traveling at two to three miles per hour,” the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said. “McNary made several U-turns across the median and eventually the SUV got stuck in a ditch on the side of the road.”
Slow-speed chase comes to an ugly conclusion
McNary refused to get out of the SUV after it was stuck in a ditch.
The sheriff’s deputies eventually had to shatter the rear window before he finally complied with orders and left the SUV.
“We do appreciate that he wasn’t driving recklessly,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said.
McNary was taken to a hospital after he told law enforcement he was having a medical issue.
“While at the hospital, he threatened and resisted deputies, going so far as to try to bite one of them,” the sheriff’s office stated.
McNary was arrested on charges of simple battery, obstruction without violence, fleeing and eluding law enforcement, and failure to stop/remain at a crash involving serious bodily injury.
His outburst at the hospital added battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting a law enforcement officer with violence, assault on a law enforcement officer, and threat with death or serious bodily harm.
“This dirtbag has a history of threatening and attacking Deputy Sheriffs, and during his recent criminal act he seriously injured a person in a crash, and we wish them a speedy recovery,” Staly said in a statement. “But for McNary it looks like he needs an extended stay at the Green Roof Inn, so he doesn’t injure anyone else or kill someone with his actions.”
DeSantis Daily will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.
