You know that panic that hits when you see a cop pull up behind you on the highway? Now imagine you actually had a REASON to panic . . .
A guy in Tulsa named Tyler Smithee was driving on Saturday when he saw a cop in his rearview mirror turn his lights on. And instead of pulling over, he FLOORED it.
He tried to outrun him . . . ended up driving through a field . . . and crashed into a tree. Then he tried to flee on foot.
Cops eventually tracked him down and arrested him. It turned out there was a warrant for his arrest connected to a shooting. So that's why he ran. And a woman who was with him also got arrested after she lied about his name to protect him.
But here's the dumb part: It turned out the cop WASN'T actually trying to pull them over in the first place.
He turned his lights and siren on because he was heading to a separate incident nearby. So he only started following Tyler when he tried to run.
He and the woman are both facing multiple charges. (KTUL)(Here's his mugshot.) Image © 2020 Getty Images