The Fairfax patroller who had a brush with death during a traffic stop on Monday, May 1, is now “just glad to be alive,” the county’s Police Department told the press the following day.
Hair-raising footage from his cruiser, parked on the side of Fairfax County Parkway south of Braddock Road, was shared by the department, revealing the incident as it unfolded.
A speeding BMW M3 is seen careening toward and crashing into both the stopped vehicle and the officer’s cruiser—at one point appearing to “wrap around” the officer. Yet he was miraculously left unharmed.
All survived the crash with only minor injuries sustained….