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Missouri Cop Found Guilty In Fatal Dodge Hellcat Crash

The muscle car has been characterized as a dangerous instrument used recklessly.

According to a report from WPSD, former Sikeston police captain Andrew Cooper was found guilty by a jury of involuntary manslaughter in a fatal crash back on February 29, 2020. The case is particularly notable since the jury also found Cooper guilty of armed criminal action after prosecutors argued the 2016 Dodge Challenger Hellcat he was driving at a high rate of speed while blowing through a stop sign constituted using a dangerous instrument in a reckless manner.

Watch a girl use a Toyota Prius to run from the cops surprisingly well.

This should make anyone with a performance car like a Hellcat stop and think twice about just blasting around town, running stop lights/signs, and acting like driving recklessly for fun has zero consequences. It’s possible this case could help establish that driving like that in a high-powered vehicle constitutes being reckless with a dangerous instrument.