A banned driver crashed his £85,000 BMW through a roundabout after trying to evade police in a 115mph chase. Dashcam and helicopter footage shows a BMW M3 driven by Kamar Farooq, 30, speed away at almost four times the legal limit after police tried to pull him over.
After driving erratically, at times on the wrong side of the road, he then ploughed over a roundabout before careering into a car at a petrol station in Castle Bromwich, West Midlands.
Farooq, who was already disqualified from driving, jumped into the back of the car after he crashed and claimed to be a passenger next to two other men in the backseat.
All three were arrested but officers managed to secure CCTV footage earlier that night showing the driver wearing clothes matching that of Farooq's when he was arrested in September last year.
Farooq, of Aston, Birmingham, was convicted of dangerous driving and getting behind the wheel while disqualified, although he still denied being the driver. He was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday and was also given a ten-year driving ban.
PC Robert Lattimer, from the roads policing unit at West Midlands Police's Chelmsley Wood, said: 'This was reckless driving by someone who should not have been behind the wheel.
'Officers had suspicions around the vehicle and tried to pull it over, but Farooq failed to stop and hit speeds of 115mph in 30mph zones.
'He tried to deny being the driver despite our investigations which secured such strong evidence against him.
'This was a high performance vehicle and the outcome could have been much worse. He now faces a long time behind bars rather than behind the wheel of a car.'
