Twenty-nine-year-old Kevin Bynum was in handcuffs after being pulled over by the police for a suspected DUI in Atlanta on July 8 when he ran and jumped from a 60-foot bridge, in line with The Atlanta Journal-Structure.
In a video launched by the Atlanta Police Division, Bynum appeared cooperative whereas being given a subject sobriety check round 3 a.m. near the Northside Drive exit on I-75. After failing the sobriety check, he was positioned in handcuffs by an officer from the Excessive-Depth Site visitors Unit. Bynum ran whereas the officer was his identification.
Bodycam footage captured Bynum working away from the scene because the officer gave chase and threatened to make use of his taser. As soon as Bynum handed an interstate sound barrier on the bridge; he jumped over the railing and disappeared right into a wooded space. Bynum reportedly fell 60 ft.
“He simply jumped over the ramp,” yelled the officer. “He landed … Jesus, radio, it’s like a 60-foot drop. He’s down on the bottom. I can’t even inform you the place he’s at or the place he’s going to return out.”
In response to the police report, officers from the Atlanta Police Division and Georgia State Patrol troopers discovered Bynum within the wooded space and carried him to EMS employees on the scene. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for therapy. The police report famous he suffered minor accidents.
“Site visitors stops, at night time, on the interstate, are harmful and sometimes unpredictable,” learn the report. “Officers are by no means sure who they’re coping with and if that driver will cooperate. Add to that the hazards of auto site visitors on the freeway and conditions can change into harmful straight away. Irrespective of how routine one thing seems an officer might discover that the cease is something however. Fortuitously, the suspect had solely minor accidents however may have been killed by his reckless actions.”
Bynum was charged with a DUI, obstruction, reckless driving, dashing, and driving and not using a license.
