WATCH: New video shows moment a baby was ejected from a vehicle during a police chase in Bryan
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Bryan Police released the dash cam video of an infant who flew out of a moving van during a police chase. The child’s father had a warrant out for his arrest in Indiana.
The Bryan Police Department received a tip that Zachary Chervenka had a warrant and was at the Bryan Walmart.
The officer approached the van that Chervenka was driving. The van door was open and his nine-month-old and five-year-old children were inside.
The children’s mother was loading the groceries into the vehicle when the officer came up.
“Zach, how’s it going? He’s running,” one officer can be heard saying.
The father sped off leaving his girlfriend behind.
The chase reached speeds up to 100 miles per hour.
“We’ll be in pursuit. He’s heading South Bound on South Main at high rates of speed juvenile in the car,” an officer said.
The 32-year-old man had a warrant for vehicle theft.
“I think he blew a tire. We’re heading southbound on 127. Be advised the doors open. We’re turning right on the first road past the 15 and 127 split,” an officer said.
As they rounded the split what the officer did not see was the car seat carrying the nine-month-old baby boy flying out of the van bouncing multiple times off of the grass.
The van door wasn’t closed when the man took off.
The chase lasted 15 minutes before police decided to end the pursuit because of bad weather.
While the father was trying to shake the police. He called his kids’ mother and told her where to find them.
Police drove her to the scene. The infant was in its car seat on a highly traveled highway.
It took law enforcement an hour to find the baby.
“Oh my God baby boy, baby boy,” the mother could be heard saying.
“We’ll be on the curb on 127 at the stop sign with that child. I got you. Keep them on the ground. Keep them on the ground,” an officer said.
The baby was awake and crying.
According to a police report, an ER doctor told police the infant’s “body temperature was extremely low and could have been life-threatening if he was left out in the cold for much longer.”
The five-year-old girl was dropped off at a friend’s house.
An officer and police dog apprehended the suspect at an apartment complex in Edgerton.
Chervenka told police he was scared and admitted he made a dumb decision.
The father is charged with endangering children.
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