Video: Ft. Myers Police Chase Ends With Man Leaping Off Bridge

Author Mason Dixon

November 4th, 2021 3:08 PM

With deputies chasing a stolen van, the driver crashed on a bridge and chose to jump to the river below.

Lee County Sheriff’s deputies had pulled over a vehicle that was identified as stolen. Deputies pursued when the driver of the van attempted to escape. The van crashed into a barrier on the Edison Bridge over the Caloosahatchee Bridge.

The incident was caught on camera from a helicopter, from which you can see what the man did next. The driver got out of the van, climbed over a safety barrier and leapt into the water.

Officers were already below in a boat, and they picked him up quickly. The man is being charged with theft, fleeing and eluding.

Watch the crazy video from Saturday night below:

[Source: 10 Tampa Bay]

21 Classic Rock Songs About Cars/Driving

• Sammy Hagar – “I Can’t Drive 55”

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  "One foot on the brake and one on the gas, hey/Well, there's too much traffic, I can't pass, no/So I tried my best illegal move/A big black and white come and crushed my groove again."

• The Doobie Brothers – “Rockin’ Down the Highway”

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  "Got those highway blues, can't you hear my motor runnin'/Flyin' down the road with my foot on the floor/All the way in town they can hear me comin'/Ford's about to drop, she won't do no more."

• Alice Cooper – “Under My Wheels”

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  "Telephone is ringing/You got me on the run/I'm driving in my car now/I got you under my wheels."
• The Who – “Goin’ Mobile”

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  "I can pull up by the curb/I can make it on the road/Goin' mobile/I can stop in any street/And talk with people that we meet/Goin' mobile/Keep me movin'."

• Rush – “Red Barchetta”

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  "I strip away the old debris/That hides a shining car/A brilliant red Barchetta/From a better, vanished time/We fire up the willing engine/Responding with a roar/Tires spitting gravel/I commit my weekly crime."

• Janis Joplin – “Mercedes Benz”

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  "Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz/My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends/Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends/So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
• Grateful Dead – “Truckin’”

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  "Truckin', got my chips cashed in/Keep truckin', like the do-dah man/Together, more or less in line/Just keep truckin' on."

• Van Halen – “Panama”

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  "Jump back, what's that sound?/Here she comes, full blast and top down/Hot shoe, burnin' down the avenue/Model citizen zero discipline."

• The Beatles – “Drive My Car”

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  "Baby, you can drive my car/Yes, I'm gonna be a star/Baby, you can drive my car/And maybe I'll love you."
• Steppenwolf – “Born to be Wild”

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  "Get your motor runnin'/Head out on the highway/Looking for adventure/In whatever comes our way."

• Talking Heads – “Road to Nowhere”

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  "We're on a road to nowhere/Come on inside/Taking that ride to nowhere/We'll take that ride/I'm feeling okay this morning/And you know/We're on the road to paradise/Here we go, here we go."

• Deep Purple – “Highway Star”

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  "Nobody going to take my car I'm going to race it to the ground/Nobody going to beat my car/It's going to break the speed of sound."
• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – “Runnin’ Down a Dream”

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  "It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down/I had the radio on, I was drivin'/Trees went by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway/I was flyin'."

• Aretha Franklin – “Freeway of Love”

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  "City traffic's moving way too slow/Drop the pedal and go, go, go/We going riding on the freeway of love/Wind's against our back/We going riding on the freeway of love/In my pink Cadillac."

• Cyndi Lauper – “I Drove All Night”

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  "I was dreaming while I drove/The long straight road ahead, uh, huh/Could taste your sweet kisses/Your arms open wide/This fever for you is just burning me up inside/I drove all night to get to you."
• Billy Ocean – “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”

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  "Get outta my dreams/Get in to my car/Get outta my dreams/(Get in to the back seat baby)/Get in to my car/ (Beep Beep, yeah)."

• Tom Cochrane – “Life is a Highway”

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  "Life's like a road that you travel on/When there's one day here and the next day gone/Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand/Sometimes you turn your back to the wind."

• Sheryl Crow – “Everyday is a Winding Road”

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  "I hitched a ride with a vending machine repair man/He said he's been down this road more than twice/He was high on intellectualism/I've never been there, but the brochure looks nice."
• Kenny Loggins – “Danger Zone”

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  "Revvin' up your engine/Listen to her howlin' roar/Metal under tension/Beggin' you to touch and go."

• Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road”

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  "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick/Take a ride on the West Coast kick."

• Prince – “Little Red Corvette”

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  "I guess I should've closed my eyes when you drove me to the place/Where your horses run free/'Cause I felt a little ill when I saw all the pictures/Of the jockeys that were there before me."

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