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  • 2 years ago
Shocking footage shows the moment a banned motorist crashed a stolen van after driving the wrong way along a dual carriageway at 70mph.

David Munford, 39, can be seen narrowly avoiding oncoming traffic as he led police on the dangerous chase through the streets of Bedworth, Warks.

Traffic cops began the pursuit after spotting the stolen Mercedes Sprinter van on cloned plates in Northamptonshire on September 3.

The chase crossed counties as Munford sped down the M6 motorway before he began recklessly hurtling the wrong direction along the A444.

Innocent drivers were forced to take evasive action while officers were forced to abandon the pursuit due to risks of head-on collision with the public.
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00:00 Temporarily high risk for a red ATS
00:04 NG, M+51, we are visual with you
00:10 We're a further red ATS
00:15 I'm unable to send him back to the M6
00:20 Standby, might be on for a reset
00:27 As the board from us has gone the wrong way, down to M5
00:37 Yeah, M+51, Bedworth bypass northbound on the wrong way, standby
00:49 We're going parallel on the correct NG, M+51, thanks for coming, glad you're here, keep us updated
00:57 Yeah, from here confirm he's going the wrong way, down the carriageway
01:04 Yeah, we've aborted, we haven't followed
01:08 We're just doing a loop back round the roundabout, now we've got M+51 with us, we can drop back
01:14 We're now correct way down the A444, M+ you've got visual, can you point us in the correct direction please?
01:38 NG, M+51, vehicle is now off off onto a road that's going to come out onto Newtown Road, which is in Bedworth
01:51 M+51, crash crash, Newton Road near the junction with Pool Road I believe
02:00 We've got two out, standby
02:02 Where's the SOC?
02:21 M6, a bomb on Wankip, junction 3
02:26 Yeah, that's all received, the two you've got then are the only occupants out the van
02:33 Excellent, we're going to need a supervisor to clean then from O'Neill Falls
02:42 M+51, further, the person on the ground nearest the road is going to be your driver
02:51 The one with the light on him now?
02:57 We can't see any light, it's the one lying down on the ground with his feet towards the road nearest the road
03:03 Roger
03:10 All received, thank you and we're clearing
03:14 Roger, thank you
03:17 Obliged
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