An Ontario driver captured a terrifying road-rage incident on his vehicle’s dashcam, during which another vehicle intentionally rammed into his multiple times on Monday, December 30 – at one point seeming to try to ram his car off a bridge.
Footage captured by James Benjamin Turner shows Turner on the phone with police officers as a vehicle tries to back up into his on a highway shoulder in Temiskaming Shores in late December. The other vehicle then turns around and hits Turner’s vehicle head-on. Turner can be heard saying, “I’m in danger,” repeatedly to the police officers.
The video shows Turner driving down the highway toward a nearby Tim Horton’s establishment, after which the other vehicle follows him and hits Turner’s vehicle from the side. A witness walks up to Turner and says she obtained the other vehicle’s license number, as cops arrive on the scene to assist Turner.
According to a statement on Facebook, after the incident, the Ontario Provincial Police “made several attempts to stop the vehicle, which resulted in the deployment of a spike belt. The suspect vehicle was stopped and the driver was arrested.”
The suspect was charged with “two counts of assaulting police with a weapon (the accused’s vehicle), assaulting police causing bodily harm, criminal harassment, mischief endangering life, resisting arrest, assault with a weapon, dangerous driving, fleeing police, and two counts of disobeying court orders,” according to a local news report.
In an interview, Turner said he thought the driver was set off because he flashed his high-beams after the driver swerved into oncoming traffic. Turner said he meant the flashing as a helpful warning. Credit: James Benjamin Turner via Storyful
Video transcript
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But um most of them were.
Pension quite That’s the This is a little van.
I think this is sort of considerable light, it weighs about 7 pounds, it’s not all that nice.
It is in many respects the forerunner of the modern.
There’s far more of the modern tank in it than any British equivalent at the time.
The first thing of course the rotating at a full 360 degree rotation, and secondly, the engine, the 4 cylinder Renault engine is at the back.
that it’s much more in that sense like a modern.
It’s also got a.
And fully.
The only difference was it’s only a so the driver shouldn’t at the front gear.
Gander.
Really I don’t want police, fire, or email.
The police, please, somebody’s trying to back up into me on the highway.
I am.
I’m driving backwards on the shoulder.
And what’s your name?
James Turner, James Turner.
They won’t let me record on my phone, but I, I am, I am.
I don’t uh uh uh.
Um, RAV4 white.
I don’t have the licence plate number.
4.
OK, they’re gonna try and ram me head on.
I’m in danger.
I’m I’m in danger.
I’m in danger.
I’m in danger.
I’m in Honda Honda Accord, Honda Accord.
OK, I, I’m in danger.
I’m in danger.
Why are you running?
Why are you running?
Why are you running?
Yeah, on 11 he’s going, he’s going to try and run me into the bridge.
I’m, I have, I’m.
I’m in danger right now.
I’m on the bridge.
The bridge on the bridge.
On the bridge, on the bridge.
He’s running on the bridge Highway 11.
Highway 11, I’m in danger.
I’m in.
Are you injured at all?
No, he’s looking at me.
He’s yelling at me.
He ran into me.
I am.
I’m in danger.
I’m in danger.
I’m headed towards the police station.
I’m headed towards the police.
I I’m not running from him, but he ran into.
Headed the cow headed towards the cow.
White, white.
I need a cop now.
I need a cop now.
He ran into me.
He ran into me I’m headed towards the couch.
Highway 11 taking a right towards the Smithcoming Mall.
I have my I’m, I’m, I’m sorry, sir.
I’m sorry I’m not used to getting.
Going to try to kill me.
I’m not sure why.
What?
Do you know the person?
No, I don’t.
I don’t, I don’t.
I don’t know.
Can I have a cop now please?
I’m headed towards the bus station.
I’m headed towards the cop station.
Yes, he’s still following me towards the cop station.
He’s chasing me.
I I’m He’s good.
I’m in front of 00.
Oh, he’s gonna hit me again.
I can’t see anything.
Yeah, I understand that we have on the way.
He hit me.
He’s driving away towards Walmart, I think I’m hit in front of Timmy.
I’m hit in front of Timmy.
Yeah, and 165.
Um So the raft is heading towards Walmart 5, yeah.
Am I OK?
Is he OK?
Oh, that’s what we’ve been looking for.
Did he drive away?
I can’t, can I roll down that one?
I, I don’t know.
Thank you so much.
I think he’s ma’am, I’m on the phone with the police officer.
Maybe.
Yeah, no, do you guys know what number of OK, I don’t know where my phone is, but the police are talking with me right now.
Do you have the number here?
Did he run you off the road?
Yeah.
Yeah, but it was, it’s all the way from the bridge.
He started backing up at me.
Where, what bridge?
That the bridge over there.
I was following him.
He ran into nearby traffic and then I flashed my lights at him to let him know, don’t, don’t drive into traffic.
Yeah, ma’am, you have the.
I think she’s gone.
see this as what they call a mosquito tank.
The idea being to have them swarm on the battlefield, and there were too many for the enemy to shoot in theory at least.
They had There.
And the sun suspension was fully crippled.
And what You so Which really is actually a tension holding up the fire here, but also then.
Inside the The main suspension unit here at the tops of the strings are there, you can see just about, but it means that the tank is actually strong but it’s kind of you to see one of these.
They Yeah, So.
along very, very well.
Maybe I’m doing the wrong thing.
So the track will not.
And there’s flat plates on the edge to give you grip.
And the other thing is the eye at the front is because they haven’t got the.
It It just I.
But I He must be going to the car.
Yeah, no, it was
