LeMod Pol
2004-09-14 17:25:16 UTC
Weird News:
Man Throws Infant from Car, Then Dies in Crash
Baby unhurt in terrifying incident
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) ― A man threw his fiance's
eight-month-old daughter out of a car as he fled police
after being accused of domestic violence, authorities
said. The girl, strapped in a car seat, was unhurt but
the man later was fatally injured in a crash.
Dana Bettin, 23, died Sunday, three days after the
dramatic highway chase that ended when he crashed his
fiance's car into an unoccupied squad car.
At one point, he slowed down, opened the car door and
dropped the baby in the car seat onto the highway,
sending the seat tumbling toward the middle of the roadway.
"As the baby was flying toward me I noticed that she
was crying very hard and looked scared," Wisconsin
State Patrol Sgt. David Catalano said Tuesday on NBC's
Today show, which aired video of the incident.
"Fortunately she was seat-belted into the child seat so
that as it slid forward on the highway and then rolled
over she escaped without any injuries," he said.
Sheriff's Sgt. Dan Pamenter told The Post-Crescent in
Appleton that the man at first tried to put the baby
out of the car on the shoulder, but the car door was in
his way. He eventually pulled back into traffic and
pushed the baby out as he was accelerating.
"His car was jerking back and forth," Pamenter said. "I
didn't know what he was doing. He seemed to care for
the baby."
The chase continued at speeds up to 90 MPH.
The pursuit ended on U.S. 41 when Bettin had a minor
collision with a vehicle and then crashed into an
unoccupied squad car. The car he was driving rolled
over and he was pinned underneath. He died at a
hospital in Green Bay.
Catalano spoke to the baby's mother on Monday and said
the girl is going fine.
"Her mother is very devastated about everything right
now," he said. "It was her fiance involved and she's
very upset."
Man Throws Infant from Car, Then Dies in Crash
Baby unhurt in terrifying incident
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) ― A man threw his fiance's
eight-month-old daughter out of a car as he fled police
after being accused of domestic violence, authorities
said. The girl, strapped in a car seat, was unhurt but
the man later was fatally injured in a crash.
Dana Bettin, 23, died Sunday, three days after the
dramatic highway chase that ended when he crashed his
fiance's car into an unoccupied squad car.
At one point, he slowed down, opened the car door and
dropped the baby in the car seat onto the highway,
sending the seat tumbling toward the middle of the roadway.
"As the baby was flying toward me I noticed that she
was crying very hard and looked scared," Wisconsin
State Patrol Sgt. David Catalano said Tuesday on NBC's
Today show, which aired video of the incident.
"Fortunately she was seat-belted into the child seat so
that as it slid forward on the highway and then rolled
over she escaped without any injuries," he said.
Sheriff's Sgt. Dan Pamenter told The Post-Crescent in
Appleton that the man at first tried to put the baby
out of the car on the shoulder, but the car door was in
his way. He eventually pulled back into traffic and
pushed the baby out as he was accelerating.
"His car was jerking back and forth," Pamenter said. "I
didn't know what he was doing. He seemed to care for
the baby."
The chase continued at speeds up to 90 MPH.
The pursuit ended on U.S. 41 when Bettin had a minor
collision with a vehicle and then crashed into an
unoccupied squad car. The car he was driving rolled
over and he was pinned underneath. He died at a
hospital in Green Bay.
Catalano spoke to the baby's mother on Monday and said
the girl is going fine.
"Her mother is very devastated about everything right
now," he said. "It was her fiance involved and she's
very upset."
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