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🏃 A drunk driver barrels through the Ironman Jacksonville race course, putting athletes, spectators, and officers in danger. Dash camera footage captures the terrifying pursuit as Jacksonville police work to stop the driver before anyone is hurt. 🚓😱

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00:00Let's get into our first triple play of the weekend.
00:02Curtis Wilson, you've got this one. Take it away.
00:04And this first one, by the way, is coming to us from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
00:09That's in Florida.
00:10Recently, Jacksonville hosted its first ever Ironman triathlon.
00:14It started with a 2.4-mile swim, then 112 miles on the bike,
00:18capped off with a 26-mile marathon.
00:21Nearly 2,000 people participated, but only one was behind the wheel of a Ford Focus.
00:31It's Jacksonville's inaugural Ironman triathlon.
00:35And an officer is responding to a report of a Ford Focus that just plowed through the course.
00:46And there's the car.
00:53The officer is hurrying to catch up with the driver.
01:09The driver cuts through the parking lot
01:16and nearly crashes into two of the athletes and a motorcycle cop.
01:40The motorcycle cop gets in front of the driver and blocks him in.
01:54He's now heading straight for the busiest part of the course.
02:18The officer crashes into the Ford Focus.
02:23And again, the driver takes off.
02:26That's it, I'm nervous.
02:27I've got to stop this guy.
02:28He's going to kill someone.
02:30The officer moves in for a pit.
02:40Pit, pit, pit!
02:43Do not f***ing move!
02:44Do not f***ing move!
02:47And as the triathletes continue cycling past,
02:50this driver's race is officially over.
02:52What about now?
02:53Get out of the car!
02:56Thankfully, not a single person was hurt.
02:5962-year-old Daryl Simon is now facing eight felonies,
03:02including aggravated fleeing and aggravated battery in an officer.
03:06Now, according to police, this was the third time Simon's been arrested for DUI
03:10in the past decade.
03:12Wow.
03:12That is amazing that no one was injured.
03:14Yeah.
03:14In particular, with all the runners out there,
03:16and then you got the pit.
03:19Anyway, that was the good news there.
03:21jerseys.
03:21У mean.
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