New footage has brought fresh attention to a fatal police pursuit in New Jersey. According to News 12, the state Attorney General's Office has released new video of a deadly police chase in Woodbridge, an incident that ended in a fiery crash and is now the subject of an official investigation into how the events unfolded.
The chase dates back several months. According to the account, the pursuit took place in February and ended in a major crash on Route 1 South near Gil Lane, a busy stretch of roadway. It is that scene, captured on the newly released video, that authorities are now examining as they piece together what happened.
Officials have described how the pursuit began. According to authorities, 18-year-old Mikhail Salman was speeding on Route 1 when a Woodbridge police cruiser tried to catch up to him. What started as an attempt to stop a speeding vehicle quickly escalated into a high-speed situation on the highway.
The chase came to a violent end. According to the account, the car then crashed into a second vehicle before catching fire, turning the roadway into a chaotic scene. The collision and the resulting blaze left investigators with a serious crash to reconstruct along the parkway-style corridor.
The human toll of the crash was severe. According to News 12, a passenger and a dog were killed in the collision, and others were seriously injured. The officer involved in the pursuit, authorities said, was not hurt, leaving the focus of the inquiry on those who were in the vehicles that crashed.
The matter is now in the hands of state investigators. According to the account, the Attorney General's Office is investigating the deadly chase, and the release of the video is part of that process, as officials work to establish exactly what led to the fatal crash on Route 1 in Woodbridge earlier this year.