Aug 06, 2023
Google Street View Car Crashes After 100
The Street View camera imagery from this is probably wild. A Google Street View camera car led police on a 100-mph chase through a small town in Indiana on Monday before ultimately crashing into a
The Street View camera imagery from this is probably wild.
A Google Street View camera car led police on a 100-mph chase through a small town in Indiana on Monday before ultimately crashing into a ditch, police said.
The Middletown Police Department said in a statement published to Facebook on Tuesday its chief witnessed the Street View car, a Honda HR-V with a camera mounted atop a pole on its roof, speeding in front of Shenandoah High School.
The HR-V was passing other vehicles and traveling at speeds at over 100 mph as it refused to pull over, police say. The car ran a red light and eventually drove into a creek after failing to negotiate a turn. It's unclear if the driver, identified by police as Coleman Ferguson, was injured in the crash.
Ferguson was extracted from the car and put into custody before being brought to a local hospital for evaluation. He told police that he worked for Google and was scared to stop.
Ferguson is being charged with resisting law enforcement with a vehicle, a level 6 felony, according to police.
"We partner with contractors to drive and collect imagery," Google told Insider in a statement. "We take the safety of our Street View operations very seriously, and we're committed to working with the contracted company and local authorities to ensure the proper actions are taken to address this situation."
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