Newly released dash cam footage from a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser tells the story, finally, of an innocent motorist’s death last February: The Florida Turnpike at rush hour. A fleeing suspect racing southbound in a stolen truck. And Trooper Bernard Major reaching speeds up to 94 miles an hour before ramming the suspect’s truck from behind.
The video, released to the Miami Herald, shows in raw, unedited detail the trooper’s speed and technique in the fatal crash on Feb. 26, 2026. Additional footage obtained by the Herald shows the deadly collision from overhead and from the angle of another police cruiser, shedding new light on a case that highlights the danger to the public of high-speed chases…