Teen in Runaway SUV Saved by Crashing Into Cop Car

A Minnesota teen is expressing his sincere thanks for a state trooper's bravery. Sam Dutcher says he could not get his Honda SUV to stop or even slow down. He called his mom who alerted police. Minnesota state trooper Zach Gruver tried to catch up to Dutcher. Cops hatched a plan to get in front of the teen's SUV. "I ended up pulling my squad in front of him and letting him essentially rear end me, and then use my breaks to slow him down," says Gruver

[ludicrousmodel]

Glad to hear that everyone is safe. I can't imagine how terrifying it must've been for this kid to be behind the wheel of an out of control car at 100+ mph.

[jaredpower]

That was intense if the police didn’t do what he did in the first place then the teen would have been a goner

[brigreen]

Thank goodness this wasn't in the morning on a busy road and in the city. How scary but I'm happy he's safe.

[juanakravitz]

100% grateful to the officer without him this kid definitely would not have made it. I’m sure that is absolutely terrifying and nightmare fuel. No pun intended… I’m glad the teenager is OK and hopefully will be getting a new car that won’t be speeding out of control.

[MJGonzalez]

Honda: we have examined our vehicle and found that our officer was not at fault. i mean our car, our car.

[ZoeyTheRedGoldendoodle]

This happened to us! For everyone out there that sees this IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU PUT YOUR CAR IN NEUTRAL!!!! It will automatically start to slow down your car and you can then hit the brake and safely pull over to the side of the road at a complete stop. This will save your life! ❤

[Un-PopularGuy]

Oh my... I'm glad that the teenager was saved by cops...

[joemacy]

This sounds terrifying. I am glad he is ok.

[samusami]

"yes" spoken like a true survivor 😢

[joshuavang]

Over a 100 miles per hour! Man I ca't imagine how terrifying it is for that kid. Thank goodness that everyone was safe.

[katelyncollins]

Mother did an EXCELLENT job staying calm on the phone.

[fakenattyfinder]

"Hey, Mom. I was speeding and saw a cop I passed a while back. I think they'll pursue. Can you please call 911 and tell them my SUV wont stop no matter what i do. Thanks, Love you!!!"

[BubbamanM]

There should be an emergency stop of anything fails on a car.

[ashexrome]

That poor kid dude. He did much better than I would’ve done. I would’ve been screaming, crying, and absolutely losing my mind, I wouldn’t have been able to stay calm at that point.

[alisahammons]

How very scary, thanks to this officer who saved this teen

[lionden]

Thank God he is safe. Thank you officer!

[alantaneff]

Something that’s not adding up to me, how did the car stop just because it hit the cruiser, wouldn’t the wheels still keep going since it couldn’t stop in the first place?

[RadiantRiv]

There’s a story like this!!! But it was a woman and there was a recorded call where she called the police crying that her car won’t stop or break. I have car ptsd from a crash so hearing her call and her crying thinking she was gonna die really yk shook me up so I can’t imagine how she felt or the boy in this situation. That truly would freak me out if I was in a situation like that. I have to not think about it to not trigger the PTSD 😅

[Narutocoolcat]

Remember when this happened years ago to a lot of Toyotas that had to be recalled because the gas pedal was getting stuck on the carpet.

[AnythingJW]

a Honda? that's so rare... maybe carpet stuck at the gas pedal