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Bodycam video shows Houston cop speeding, driving with 1 hand before hitting and killing pedestrian with patrol car

Summary

  • On Dec. 30, the Houston Police Department released two video clips from bodycams worn by driving officer Orlando Hernandez and his partner officer Anthony Aranda.
  • Hernandez at times drove the 6,300-pound Ford Police Intercepter between 80 and 100 mph down Reed Road, according to the cruiser’s speedometer shown in a five-minute clip from his bodycam.
  • Traffic on Reed Road is limited to 40 mph.
  • Reed Road was wet from a recent rain shower that Saturday afternoon, according to a crash report filed by HPD.
  • In the moments after the crash, video shows Hernandez and Aranda ran to Jackson as witnesses screamed and music played from a nearby restaurant.