Florida Highway Patrol vs. Stolen Hyundai Accent - HIGH SPEED PURSUIT, SPIKES, PIT, CRASH

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Florida Highway Patrol vs. Stolen Hyundai Accent - HIGH SPEED PURSUIT, SPIKES, PIT, CRASH
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Link to raw video without in-car camera: https://youtu.be/eF91Qxwwe1s Florida Highway Patrol "FHP" chase stolen car suspect on I-4 through Central Florida: A Florida man was arrested after leading Florida Highway Patrol troopers on a 30 mile chase in both directions of Interstate 4 before venturing onto side streets in Polk County. Raul Mata, 28, of Seffner fled from troopers driving a what FHP identified as a stolen 2010 Hyundai Accent traveling on I-4 eastbound near U.S. Highway 27 at 9:59 a.m. Thursday, according to FHP Sgt. Steve Gaskins. Matt drove the car up I-4 before exiting at Champions Gate Boulevard at the Osceola-Polk county border, and began heading back down I-4 westbound, Gaskins said. Mata avoided an FHP attempt of a rolling roadblock, and he attempted to ram FHP vehicles, Gaskins said. Mata left I-4 at the State Road 33 exit, headed south and collided with a second vehicle at the intersection of Memorial Boulevard in Lakeland. Mata then fled the scene of that crash heading west on Memorial Boulevard when trooper performed a maneuver to drive the suspect vehicle off the road. Mata was arrested and charged with aggravated fleeing & eluding, aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, grand theft of a motor vehicle, reckless driving, and driving without a license, Gaskins said