Greg Moss was with his wife and two kids when he caught the high-speed chase on camera.
SAN ANTONIO — Part of a high-speed chase across two Texas counties was caught on camera Saturday afternoon in Seguin.
Guadalupe Country Sheriff’s deputies said they were attempting to stop a wanted fugitive while a witness whipped out his phone to catch the action.
“Bro, we are straight up in a high-speed chase. It’s a high-speed chase, bro!” Greg Moss of Seguin can be heard saying.
Moss told KENS 5 he was heading to New Braunfels with his family at the time when, near the Republic Plastics plans in McQueeny, they came upon a sheriff’s deputy vehicle and couldn’t go any future. That gave them an up-front view of the action.
First they noticed law enforcement trying to put down spike strips as a dark-colored Challenger neared, driving fast.
“I saw the sheriff pull up and at first I’m thinking, ‘Oh man, somebody got pulled over,'” he said. “But when I look there’s no vehicles in front of us, so I’m like, ‘What are they doing?'”
Then the situation, including the black Dodge Challenger itself, took a hard left turn.
“Nothing was clicking until I saw them pull out the the spikes,” said Moss. “Then there was a black vehicle or a black truck and I’m like, ‘Oh, are they gonna throw it at that black truck?’ That’s when I heard my son in back go: ‘It’s a high-speed chase.'”
They captured video of the Challenger driving off road through a large grassy area, at one point driving so fast that all four wheels are briefly off the ground. Law enforcement gets nearer while staying on the road, and after the Challenger appears to briefly spin out it hops back on the street and continues to lead the chase.
Guadalupe County sheriff’s deputies say they were notified of the vehicle traveling south on State Highway 130, which was being driven by a 16-year-old wanted fugitive.
When deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver evaded and the pursuit continued. They say the suspect was eventually taken into custody at the 300 block of Bar H Lane.
Moss says the scene was chaotic, but he’s also glad the car didn’t go in their direction. He said he felt like he was watching a movie.
“It resembled the scene on ‘Fast and the Furious’ when they had all the cops behind them,” he said. “Or ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ when he went airborne.”