THUD: Man killed after running onto highway following traffic stop

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This video shows the moment of a man's death and contains strong language. It may be hard to watch for some people. The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) on Tuesday released body-worn camera footage from a traffic stop last week that ended with a man being fatally struck by a vehicle on Interstate 70. About 1:50 a.m. June 1, a trooper observed a driver going west in the eastbound lanes of C-470, headed toward Interstate 70. As the trooper approached the vehicle, the driver pulled into the median. The body-worn camera footage shows that after getting out of the vehicle, the driver argued with the trooper, who repeatedly asked him not to get back in the car. Several times during the interaction, the man got back into the car, despite being told not to. When he refused to get out, the trooper deployed a Taser, striking the man, who was in the driver's seat of his vehicle. CSP said the trooper did so to prevent the man from escaping and endangering others. The video shows that the man removed the Taser probes and pulled forward into a cement barrier. He backed up briefly before driving down a steep grassy embankment toward Interstate 70.

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