Video of a VW Polo Car Ramming into a Police Car in Downton Kuala Lumpur in Hit and Run Case goes viral

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Malaysian YouTube user Shawn Lee uploaded dramatic video footage of a black Volkswagen Polo speeding along Jalan Pudu before it slams into a police car as it emerges out of an underpass near the old Pudu Jail, in downtown Kuala Lumpur. 

The hit and run, recorded on a dashcam, occurs 3 minutes and 21 seconds into the video. Upon hitting the police car, the Polo is then seen pushing it to the edge of the left lane of the road, causing it to make a clockwise turn before ending up facing the oncoming traffic on the right lane. The Polo is then seen speeding off from the scene.

In the rest of the video, two police officers are seen stepping out of the bedraggled car, looking shaken though seemingly unhurt. 

 According to the video’s time and date stamp, the accident occurred at 9:09am on June 22. After it was uploaded to YouTube a day later, the video went viral on social media. 

In The Star Online report of the incident, Kuala Lumpur traffic police investigation and traffic law officer Deputy Superintendent S. Markandan says that a 21-year-old college student lodged a police report later that day claiming responsibility for the hit and run. The case is currently being investigated as driving while under the influence.

VIDEO: VW Polo rams into police car in downtown KL

In NOFP / By Danny Tan / 24 June 2015 4:25 pm / 90 comments
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This is mad, even by Malaysian standards. A car has been caught on dashcam video ramming into a police patrol car at full speed, before leaving the scene immediately. Not an accident, for sure.

The timestamp on the dashcam recording reads June 22, and it’s just past 9am in the morning. Traffic is flowing along Jalan Pudu towards the Jalan Hang Tuah and Jalan Imbi intersection, which is now a seamless underpass. Fast forward to 3:00.

As the recording car climbs up the underpass towards Pudu Sentral, a VW Polo zooms by at speed towards a Proton Waja police patrol car – both are on the left lane. The Polo rams into the Waja at high speed, and both scrape the left side of the underpass wall. With nose to tail, the VW driver steps on the gas, pushing the Proton to the right-sided divider.

The mangled police car ends up facing oncoming traffic, and two officers, one with a rifle, walk out of their car looking bewildered. The VW? It sped away from the scene without pausing for one second. As if this incident wasn’t bizarre enough, it happened right in front of PDRM’s KL headquarters!

The real story? Your guess is as good as ours.