Driver fleeing police dives headfirst off Missouri bridge in getaway attempt

A 26-year-old man was captured on video bolting across a two-lane Missouri bridge and diving headfirst into the waterway below at the end of a car chase.

A 26-year-old man was captured on video bolting across a two-lane Missouri bridge and diving headfirst into the waterway below at the end of a car chase.

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Gavin Thor Lundgren, of Kimberling City, was behind bars Tuesday after he was booked into jail Saturday on allegations of resisting arrest by fleeing, careless driving, third-degree assault and interfering with an arrest, according to inmate records.

Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said deputies tried to stop the car Lundgren was driving in Kimberling City, a small municipality about 180 miles southeast of Kansas City, shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday but were led on a southbound pursuit that eventually ended up on the bridge.