OH MY GOD. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. RELAX. >> Oh my god. Mama. >> Most parents would do anything to protect their child. But on a freezing night in Ohio, a 9-month-old baby was ejected from a speeding van by 32-year-old Zachary Chervanka, the father of the baby himself. Only Cams provides body cam footage for transparency and educational purposes only. He's running. >> I know. I'm getting my key. Stay here. Stay here. >> He's heading westbound on six still. Officers ended the pursuit due to hazardous weather conditions and the vehicle's dangerous speed. Inside the van were a 9-month-old baby and a 5-year-old girl. This woman is the mother of the two children and was left alone at the scene. >> Hello. >> I was told that you guys would be here soon, and I was hoping you had something about my kid. >> No, we uh due to the kids being in the vehicle, we stopped the pursuit. So, I don't know where he's at. Where he's going. He said, >> "How well do you know that?" >> He's the father of my three kids. >> Were all three children in the vehicle? >> Okay. I thought I only >> So, >> he called me. That's He called me when he was leaving and said that he had to put the car seat outside. >> Do you want to go inside? >> No, I don't. I'm so happy. >> Okay. Well, we're going to help with that, but we need to get some information from you. Okay. >> You know where his dad may be going? I just have no idea. I'm assuming you would just try to get away from here, go out of state or something. There was like something going on cuz he's been weird here lately and he dropped stuff off at my house and then disappeared and hasn't been answering me. And >> he has a phone warn for vehicle stuff from Indiana. So, it sounds like there's a lot of this guy that you don't know. >> Is there anyone who may have seen the kids? When we when we stopped it everyone >> Oh no, he's out there. He's out there. >> So I You said you're in Edertton. Do you know at all where he's been? Where he lives? [snorts] Does he live with you? >> No. >> No. Okay. So he just comes and stays there. >> He was living at a halfway house. >> You know where that was at? >> Yeah. In Auburn. >> Auburn. >> He was doing food and I think he relapsed. >> Has he relapsed in what? Do you know what he was taking? >> Meth. He was on meth. >> Okay. That's why he was in and out of jail. He went to prison for a little bit. >> When I first made contact, I started to approach on the driver's side and you were Were you intentionally blocking me from getting to that? >> No. No. I was putting my son in there. I was going to get car seat. >> Okay. >> I didn't know you were over there. I didn't know you guys were even out of the vehicle. >> Called you right as he was leaving Walmart. >> Yeah. Okay. He He called me on video chat >> while you were driving. >> Yeah. At a point. And he said something about how he had to put cuz he didn't want him to get hurt and that the police were going to get him the baby. >> I I didn't see at any point a child will get removed from the vehicle. >> Yeah. Not at all. >> So they're they're at least that. So I'm going to talk to my target about listening as missing juveniles. Maybe he drops him off at your house. Call us. Let us know. Okay. >> Yeah. If you have any contact with any of them, you need to call right away. If you have contact with him and you don't reach out or anything, you're going to be charged with har. Okay. >> I dropped heading towards Defiance by the stop sign. You go straight heading like you're going to Defiance. Okay. And then there's a road that has a curve where you can go towards like Hexville. He's going to left him right there by that stop sign where the curve is. >> Okay. If you take me there, can you take me there? Just Do you know? Do you think he's telling the truth that he just left the kid out in the snow? >> I do. I think so. >> And this is the youngest one, correct? The Is it the girl? >> The boy. >> Okay. I know. We'll get We'll get there if he's truthful about him. >> You want to sit in the car? If you take me there, do you know where you're going? >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Um, do you have anything on you? Sharp. Nothing. Okay. Is that the Is that a car seat? Oh my god. [laughter] Okay. There. Okay. Okay. Okay. Relax. >> Oh god. Please let me out. No. Please let me out. My baby. My baby. My baby. Oh. Oh. Please let me out. Please let me out. Please. Mom. Please let me out. 620. [laughter] >> 3620. Oh my god. RIP. Anybody on the curb on 127 at the stop [laughter] sign with that child? >> Keep him on the ground. Keep him on the ground. Get him out. He's so cold. >> I know. Get him out, >> baby. It's okay. Mama's here. Mama's here. >> 127 15 crew. >> Oh, baby. >> I do believe he is awake. He's crying. Oh, baby. I'll stand back for EMS. Oh, baby. Oh, God. I'm so sorry. >> Is he breathing? Is he okay? Breathing. Are you okay, Mom? Here. Do you need anything? Now you He still has the oldest with him, the girl. >> As far as I know. >> And this is his biological son, correct? Well, I'm glad that you have one back. I know this is a lot, but you need to take all this into consideration with him. >> They were involved in a pursuit earlier. Okay. >> Um, we terminated a pursuit for safety reasons because there's a 9month old baby in the car in the weather. So, dude ditched the kid out in the freaking uh field. We'll go upstairs and we'll switch. All right. So, just how I do it. I'm going to read you Miranda warning again. Okay. I tell you what, the firefighters wander over. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. Do you understand? >> Yes. Are you willing to speak with me? >> Yes. >> Okay. What what was the deal with last night? >> Last night I just was a dumb decision. I should have just honestly I should have just been honest with you guys about what was going on a long time ago and I would be in the situation that I am now and I wouldn't have put my kids through that. But >> you'd be in a lot better position than now. So, I just uh I was I've been geared for like getting locked up and like I'm the one that provides for them. So, they'd be without I mean their parents Aby's parents don't really do much for her. They get money from us like hundreds of dollars a month. So, she would have to figure that out. And then my kids obviously wouldn't get to see me. But really, like on top of all that, then there's been like just all the stuff with Craig. Like it just got way too deep. And I was just scared last night like I knew if I get pulled over like just the mood he was in that he would be worried that I was sitching. >> Mhm. >> And so because he's been worried about that he's helped me like get away but he's also like not he's caused a whole lot of this. >> Mhm. So you were aware you had a warrant obviously. What did you come to Brian for? >> Uh we just come to Walmart so that Abby could get some stuff for Just normal groceries. Okay. What was your intention with that? >> Just to I was just scared. I knew like if I got pulled over like right then and there that Abby and the kids [snorts] I didn't feel like safe. >> When I made contact with you, well, when I approached the vehicle, I obviously observed you in the driver's seat, right? You were shaking. You were looking almost as if you were going to get out. What What were you thinking then? >> I knew I should get out. Like I knew that that was the choice that I should make, but I I was just scared. >> And what what switched? >> Just >> it was just a self-conscious decision you made. Did you intentionally unbuckle roughly? >> No. Abby Abby was putting in there. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. I would never intentionally like do anything for my kids if she can. >> No intentional. >> No. >> Okay. Because Abigail said that you called during the pursuit. You were going to slow down and get the kid out. I'm assuming that took place after the child was already out of the vehicle. >> Know that I said that? >> Mhm. Assuming I had intentions of doing that. everything I've been told thus far. It seemed a lot like you intentionally did that to try to distract or us in some way. Luckily, he's okay. He's alive, which in my opinion is super super surprising that that's the case. Where did you go after that? What What took place after that? I took my daughter to Craig's house because I was already on the phone with him and he said, "Drop that kid off with me and get the out of there." And then so I dropped her off. Well, I he wasn't I don't know if he was in there. I dropped off with Randy, his wife, and I told her like, "Hey, this is what's going on. Just keep her safe and someone will pick her up. I took the van and went and took it to where I dropped it at." >> Yep. >> I stayed in it for a while and then I went to to Graves. >> Okay. >> I relapsed and then I got kicked out of the halfway house that I was in. There was a couple times where I was like, "Oh, thank God he's stopping." And then he kept going. Why Why didn't you just come to that stop at any point? There's like a lot been a lot of times where like at first I'm not going to lie, like at first I was scared. >> Mhm. >> I didn't want to go to prison. I wouldn't say scared. I just didn't want to go. Like when I got kicked out of the halfway house, I just didn't want to go to prison because like my life had been going so well and my was happy with me. Like my daughter and my son and my girl were just headed in like a good direction. But then like that went away like fast and it came to a point where like I did want to like just be done with it. >> I'll be downstairs. >> All right. Get your dude and I'll uh >> Sorry. I'm Dude, I'm so I'm worried. I'm very worried right now. >> I got you, man. I mean, like I said, you told him all the stuff you need to tell him. He's going to try to talk with those officers. We work pretty closely with them. So, >> I just don't feel like I have told him enough. Like there's there's just because like I'm not I stayed up last night and I'm not like >> Well, it sounds like you need to get some sleep then, man. >> Doing everything I can to like make some of this right. You know what I mean? My kids. >> It's all going to be documented. It's all taken care of already. So, this unfortunately this is where we're at now. >> Would you please just ask me if we're just talking one more time? >> Sir, you got to get in the car. No, >> please. >> I can't. No. All right. I have my orders, too. I got my job to do. I'm not I'm not trying to be rude with you. I know you're being chill, but you got to get in the car. I'm sorry. >> Sorry, man. I just kind of had my psych mids. >> All right, but you got to get in. Go ahead. Get in the car. This isn't debatable. You got to get in the car. >> Insurance, man. >> That's it. Like, >> you're good. I I've been reassuring you. I'm telling you that he's got it taken care of. >> The handling officer's got it taken care of. Here, I'm going to get you seat belt that I need to that he needs to know. Like, >> okay. I'm going to grab you some paper towels and I'll talk with him quick and we'll see what he says. All right, I'll be right back. >> Miraculously, both children survived. The 9-month-old was treated for hypothermia while the 5-year-old was recovered safely after Chervanka ditched the van. As for Chvena, his run ended in a 10-year prison sentence. He pleaded guilty to felony child endangerment, fleeing from police and drug possession. He'll now spend the next decade behind bars. If you like content like this, please like and subscribe.