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Cop Survives Wreck Where Cruiser Bent in Half

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The word "miraculous" scarcely describes the survival of a Santa Maria, California police officer who wrapped his Ford Police Interceptor around a tree Sunday morning. It's what the local Police Chief calls the "worst accident he's seen in 35 years."
Sunday was a busy day for the members of the Santa Maria Police Department, starting with a police chase that resulted in a stolen car crashing into a first grade classroom of a local school. But that's not where this amazing crash happened.
Hours later, Officer Damon Badnell was responding to an officer involved in a foot pursuit of a burglary suspect when he lost control of his vehicle on a slippery road. The momentum wrapped the vehicle around the tree, nearly bisecting the Ford Crown Victoria.
Officer Badnell, who recently was awarded for stopping the most drunk drivers, has a few broken bones but doctors are hopeful about his recovery.
 

UberMario

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That is amazing! He must have survived when the left door fell off.
 

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I bet the law enforcer tucked and shifted to the back left of the driver's seat. The impact of the tree was in between the front and back seats, but the impact propelled him to his right side of the passenger's seat. Hopefully, the shattered glass from the passenger's seat didn't cut him severely, and the impact only broke a few bones. I don't know if he used natural instinct to avoid more serious injury, or if he was simply lucky of where he landed/was displaced, it could have been significantly worse.

In other words: h@X eyn r3@L leiF!!1!!ONE!!!1!
 
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