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Shocking police footage captured the moment a Lamborghini thief raced through the streets of Log Angeles before dying in a horror crash.
Suspected driver Elliott Dugan, 51, was pulled over by officers on April 6 at around 5am, initially because they spotted him sleep at the wheel while at a stop light.
After the cops ran his license and registration, the officers found he had multiple felony warrants and the supercar was reported stolen.
As he was ordered to step out of the car, Dugan argued before speeding away, and reached 113mph until he collided with a central median that sent him 100 feet down the road.
Shocking police footage captured the moment a Lamborghini thief raced through the streets of Log Angeles after being pulled over by cops, moments before they died in a horror crash
Officers told the suspect Elliott Dugan, 51, that they pulled him over because he was asleep at the wheel at a stop light
As they ran the suspect's license and registration, police then found the Lamborghini was stolen, and Dugan had felony warrants
Moments after racing away from the officers, Dugan reached 113mph before colliding with the central median of a road, ejecting him over a hundred feet from the car
In the bodycam footage, first shared by KTLA, officers said they saw Dugan asleep at the wheel, and after pulling him over the suspect told them the Lamborghini was a rental.
He handed over his license and registration, but refused to get out of the car after his criminal history was flagged, repeatedly telling the officer he needed to hand back his license and that he 'knows the law.'
As Dugan and the officer went back and forth, he hit the accelerator on the sports car, racing away from the scene at high speed and leaving the officers scrambling to get back in their vehicle.
Separate surveillance footage showed the Lamborghini speeding down the highway, with the cop car not in the same frame as Dugan was able to gain some distance with his quick getaway.
The moment Dugan crashed the supercar was not caught on footage, with the officers' bodycams next capturing the vehicle crumbled in the central median of a highway.
Several trees that he struck lay over the wreck, with debris seen strewn across roughly a hundred feet away from the crash site while shocked witnesses stood by.
The police frantically spoke over the radio as they searched for Dugan, before discovering his unconscious body by the side of the road after he was ejected from the vehicle.
Separate surveillance footage showed the Lamborghini speeding down the highway, with the cop car not in the same frame as Dugan was able to gain some distance with his quick getaway
Officers arrived on the scene to find Dugan's stolen vehicle destroyed, and spent several minutes frantically searching for the suspect
Dugan's body was discovered over 100 feet from the crash site after he was ejected from the vehicle, and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene
Pictured: The crumpled remains of the Lamborghini after the high-speed crash
Several other cars were also damaged by flying debris, including windshields being smashed
Dugan's body had been launched over a hundred feet from the crash. Paramedics raced to the scene, but he was pronounced dead on their arrival.
Several other cars were also damaged by flying debris, including windshields being smashed.
Police said the crash remains under investigation.
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