A police car balancing against a pole (Picture: YouTube)

A police officer in Memphis had a lucky escape after his squad car was left balancing precariously against an electricity pole after a high-speed chase.

Officer Jonathon Bond was attempting to catch up with a suspect he spotted driving without a seatbelt when he lost control of his vehicle on Elvis Presley Boulevard.

An aerial view of the crash (Picture: YouTube / HighSpeedPursuits)

Luckily, the officer was wearing his belt after turning a corner and crashing into a guide wire which sent the car flying upright.

Miraculously he escaped the crash unharmed but not before giving his boss, who was sent a picture of the crash via email during a meeting, a shock.




‘I can certainly say that it was a little shocking to me to see one of my squad cars half way up a pole,’ Memphis Police director Toney Armstrong told wreg.com.

Balancing act (Picture: YouTube / HighSpeedPursuits)

‘I’m positive that the participants of that meeting could tell by the look on my face that I was shocked.

‘Every time you get to a point on this job when you say I’ve seen absolutely everything, nothing could shock or surprise you, then you get something that shocks and surprises you.’