[narrator]
trying to weave their way through traffic.
[man]
[narrator]
by the truck and car in front of them.
[man]
[narrator]
the pick-up truck applies its brakes.
[engine revving]
[man]
[narrator]
[man]
[narrator]
using the far right lane.
But they misjudge.
[tires screeching, thuds]
[narrator]
through the truck and the car beside it...
they lose control,
and slam into the granite wall.
[thudding]
[narrator]
the driver, a 27-year-old man,
sustains only minor injuries.
He receives summonses for reckless driving,
and weaving in traffic.
And hopefully, a hard lesson in how not to drive.
-[car horn honking] -[glass shatters]
[narrator]
a motorist with a dashcam
is waved on by a dump truck driver,
who maybe having some trouble.
The car's driver continues down a long, curving hill.
To a stop light.
The intersection is busy,
making it a bit more challenging
for cars in the far right lane
to make the turn on red.
Which is very bad news
for the driver in this gray sedan.
[vehicle approaching]
[crashes, tire screeching]
[narrator]
plows into a gray sedan.
Pushes it through the intersection,
hits several other vehicles...
and then punches to a concrete barrier,
before finally plummeting more than 15 feet...
and landing on its side in a ravine.
[man]
[narrator]
Good Samaritans are able to pull the driver out...
before his truck catches fire.
[sirens wailing]
[narrator]
The driver of the gray sedan
is reportedly treated for a concussion.
The 19-year-old driver of a red car that was T-boned
reportedly incurs a spinal injury.
None of the motorists, including the trucker,
sustained life-threatening injuries.
Investigators later determined brake failure
as the cause of the multi-car collision.
As bad as this situation was...
considering the extent of the damage,
and the number of vehicles involved,
everyone is lucky...
it wasn't much, much worse.
[car horn honking]
[narrator]
a dashcam records,
as Lily Peterson rides with her husband, Michael,
and two of their children.
[Michael]
[Lily]
our daughter's house.
She lives in that area.
I travel that road a lot.
Every day.
[narrator]
filled with ordinary conversation,
is about to become...
anything but ordinary.
[Michael]
[Lily screaming]
[Michael] Oh, my god.
-[Lily] Oh, my god. -[Michael] 911! 911!
[Lily] 911.
[narrator]
Between hanging power lines,
and lands bumper first...
[Lily screaming]
[narrator]
[Michael] Oh, my god.
-[Lily] Oh, my god. -[Michael] 911! 911!
[Lily]
I automatically just screamed.
I thought at first it was a rocket,
because I couldn't tell since I wear glasses.
[ominous music playing]
[Michael]
[Lily] Oh, my god.
[Michael]
[Lily]
My biggest fear was that,
that car was going to explode.
[911 operator]
[Lily]
[Michael]
Everything starts to move,
like, it seems slower,
and your thought process is not the same,
because in my whole entire life
I had never seen something like that.
It was very difficult for me to find the phone
to dial 911, to remember what the...
uh, name of the street was,
what had happened.
[narrator]
[Michael]
[narrator]
to scope things out,
terrified of what he'll find.
[Lily]
[911 operator]
[Lily]
When I saw that car,
I didn't even think that anybody was actually in it,
the way it was going,
and the way of the impact.
[narrator]
the wrecked vehicle...
he sees that it does in fact, have a driver.
A 26-year-old woman who is conscious,
and amazingly...
appears to have only minor injuries.
The victim is taken to a nearby hospital.
Apparently, she had lost control of her vehicle,
as it accelerated up an overpass,
after being involved in a hit-and-run
on the adjacent highway.
I can't imagine someone driving that fast...
to hit that ramp, both lane,
over the bridge.
[Lily screaming]
And the impact falling on the other side of the road,
where we were at.
[narrator]
the event left a very lasting impression on Lily,
and the whole family.
[Lily]
because some people run the stop signs,
uh, people who are not paying attention,
they're on their phones.
Whatever you do, just be aware all the time,
because, you know, you're not the only one on the road.
[Lily screaming]
[Michael] 911! 911!
[car horn honking]
[narrator]
a truck's dashcam captures vehicles
crossing train tracks that appear to be safe,
now that a southbound train has just passed by.
When suddenly, the gate comes down again.
Trapping the truck with the dashcam
and a blue car on the tracks,
as a northbound train approaches.
-[bell dinging] -[train horn blaring]
[narrator]
[train horn blaring]
[narrator]
so she runs for cover.
[train horn blaring]
[narrator]
puts it into reverse,
pushing through the gates behind him.
-[tires screeching] -[engine revving]
-[train horn blaring] -[crashes]
[narrator]
demolishes the woman's car.
The driver of the car flees the scene.
But two days later...
she turns herself into police.
And is charged with having no operator's license,
and cited for a railroad crossing violation.
[train horn blaring]
[narrator]
remember, waiting for all the signals to be clear,
is well worth the extra time.
[car horn honking]
[narrators]
of an allegedly intoxicated man
outside a shopping center in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
[officer]
[man]
[narrator]
in cooperating...
[officer]
[man]
[narrator]
[officer]
[man]
[narrator]
even begins its journey...
the suspect uses an impressive flexibility...
[clinks]
[narrator]
-[car engine revs] -[siren wails]
[narrator]
completely unaware.
[man]
[officer]
[man]
[narrator]
[clinks]
[narrator]
[man]
[officer]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[narrator]
as well as his own...
the officer turns on the siren
and accelerates through traffic.
-[siren wailing] -[car engine revving]
[narrator]
to the front seat,
distracting the officer,
and causing disaster.
-[tires screeching] -[thudding]
-[glass shattering] -[thudding]
[siren wailing]
[tape rewinding]
[narrator]
and veers off the road.
Ejecting the suspect out the rear window,
as the car flips over.
Amazingly, the suspect is able to get up
and flee the scene.
But is soon captured
and charged with escape third degree,
public intoxication,
fleeing on foot,
and being a minor in possession.
[male officer]
[narrator]
has to be extracted from the vehicle...
[male and female officer]
[narrator]
[shattering]
[narrator]
A close call for the officer,
and the suspect,
both of whom,
are lucky to have escaped with their lives.
-[shattering] -[thudding]
[car horn honking]
[narrator]
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
She just dropped off a customer
when suddenly...
[thuds]
[ominous music playing]
[narrator]
by another driver.
[Terry]
Got out of the car,
to exchange information.
There was a third car involved in this, that,
was going the other direction that I got pushed into.
That driver also got out of the car.
[narrator]
has no plans of sticking around.
So Terry tries to stop her.
Got in front of her, she tried to run me off, but...
I climbed on the hood so she couldn't run me over.
I figured she wouldn't drive
with me on the hood of the car.
I was wrong.
It's pure adrenaline rush.
[ominous music playing]
[narrator]
after driving a few feet.
And Terry demands that she stays put.
[Terry]
she was willing to stay on the scene.
[narrator]
while the woman picks up the pieces of her own car.
But then, incredibly,
the woman drives off.
[car engine revving]
[narrator]
and goes after her.
[breathing heavily]
[narrator]
in the next intersection.
I just want to catch her for the police.
I assumed the car had insurance,
which would've helped me, but mostly,
I just felt important to chase her down.
[narrator]
the woman runs the red light.
[car engine revving]
[narrator]
[car engine revving]
[narrator]
Eventually cutting her off.
But once again,
the hit-and-run driver pulls away.
[car engine revving]
[narrator]
she makes a bold, aggressive move.
-[tires screeching] -[thudding]
[woman] Hey!
[narrator]
[Terry breathing heavily]
[thuds]
[woman]
Are you crazy?
Why are you [bleep] [indistinct]?
I knew that parking lot only had one exit.
I wasn't sure
if a car would be capable of driving through the hedges.
[narrator]
to take the woman's keys from her.
[suspenseful music playing]
[woman] Give me the [bleep] keys!
You give me my keys back.
Give me my [bleep] keys.
Where's my [bleep] keys, lady?
Where's my key, lady?
[Terry] Get off me!
[woman] She tried to [bleep] ram my car!
[Terry] She just rammed into me at the...
[woman] You just [bleep] rammed me!
[indistinct chatter]
[man]
[woman] Did you see how it happened?
Did you see how it happened?
[man]
[narrator]
until police arrive shortly after.
Thanks to Terry's footage...
[thuds]
[narrator]
for an expired driver's license,
leaving a crash scene without giving information,
failure to register a motor vehicle...
[tires screeching]
[narrator]
[Terry]
the dashcam video and that ended that.
[thudding]
[woman] Hey!
[narrator]
[Terry]
where she T-boned me.
And in the front left
where she pushed me into the oncoming traffic.
Basically, all three sides of the car.
[narrator]
And is aware that were it not for the dashcam video,
things might have turned out very differently.
[tires screeching]
[Terry]
Video doesn't lie. People do.
[thuds]