Watch: Officer clings to speeding car in wild chase

Newly released bodycam footage by US police has revealed what happened during a dramatic car chase in 2021.

Iowan police officer Patrick McCarty can be seen jumping into action when a man with an arrest warrant tried to flee what was initially a routine traffic stop.

Mr McCarty broke his back in the fall, the Iowa Capital Dispatch news service reported.

The driver, Dennis Guider Jr, pleaded guilty to causing serious injury with a vehicle and was sentenced to up to five years in prison.

20 May 2023