That BMW, a high-performance M3, hit a larger sedan and then spun into a Fairfax County patrol vehicle, video shows. The officer's right leg appeared to have been struck or brushed. Video shows officer evade car spinning out at 120 mph:
The close call on Fairfax County Parkway before noon Monday was released Tuesday by Fairfax County police, whose chief said no one was killed or seriously injured.An officer had a BMW 7 Series that was going 73 mph in a 50 mph zone, Davis said.
He was speaking to its driver from its passenger side when another BMW careened toward him, backside first, at more than 120 mph, officials said. "Cool, calm and collected, he hops over that guardrail and immediately gets on the radio," Davis said.
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