3 people, including Broward deputy, injured in violent crash near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport
Three people, including a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy, were injured in a violent crash near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport late Monday night.
CBS News Miami is still waiting to hear back from the BSO with official information regarding the incident, but witnesses said the violent crash occurred while investigators were involved in a chase with a fleeing vehicle.
Surveillance video provided by a local business also not only shows the chase, but the moment when the BSO cruiser slammed into a pickup truck.
The video shows a car speeding through the intersection of Prospect Road and Northwest 31st Avenue around midnight followed by countless deputies.
"They were chasing after a car and they were speeding through the intersection, and the car that was getting chased went through the intersection and passed through easily," witness Jared Fisher told CBS News Miami. "And the cop behind him collided with a car that was making a left-hand turn."
Fisher said he and a customer inside the store he was working at were "in shock" and described the sound of the crash to be "big and loud and impactful."
Fisher said that the thing he was most worried about was everyone's safety.
A video from a different angle appears to show the vehicle entering the intersection just as the chase was approaching and then colliding with the deputy.
Fisher was working at a store on the corner at the time, and it's located near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
"When we stepped outside and hard the collision, several cops came out and ran directly to the car, and were screaming out "Are you OK? Are you alright?'" Fisher continued.
A few miles away, a vehicle was located with heavy damage and may be the one that deputies were pursuing.
Tamarac fire officials told CBS News Miami that their units responded to the scene, and three people, including the Broward Sheriff's Office deputy, were taken to a hospital.
Their conditions are currently unknown.