Police car crashes up an electricity pole while chasing suspect who wasn't wearing a seatbelt - and officers hand out tickets to drivers who slowed for a closer look



Officer Jonathon Bond caught a guide wire while turning a corner

He was wearing his own seatbelt and walked away uninjured

But fellow police officers handed out tickets to drivers for having a look



A police chase ended in embarrassment for the officer when he crashed his car up an electricity pole instead of catching the suspect.



Jonathon Bond lost control of the car on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee, while chasing a driver he suspected of not wearing a seatbelt.



Officer Bond caught a guide wire as he took a corner and sent the vehicle flying. Thankfully he was wearing his seatbelt and walked away uninjured.

Officer Jonathon Bond took a wrong turn and ended up balanced against an electricity pole

Officer Bond was chasing a suspect down Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis when he crashed

He then took a photograph of the crash and sent it to his boss, Toney Armstrong, who opened the email during a meeting.

'I can certainly say that it was a little shocking to me to see one of my squad cars half way up a pole,' Armstrong, the director of Memphis police, tol d Wreg.com.

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

Officer Bond took a picture of the crash and sent it to his boss, who opened it during a meeting

Officers attended the scene to assist their colleague - but handed out tickets to drivers who slowed down for a look

'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.'

But passing drivers who slowed down to take a closer look were stung for their curiosity.