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The St. Petersburg Police Department has released a video that shows the 2015 Dodge Charger involved in a fatal wreck Saturday morning just seconds before the crash occurred. According to the agency, the incident unfolded just after 2 a.m. when members of the agency's DUI squad spotted a car traveling at a high rate of speed heading eastbound on 4th Avenue North. An officer pursued the car and tried to stop it as it slowed to turn onto 2nd Street.

The Dodge's driver, however, accelerated, sparking a brief chase. While the dash cam video released Monday afternoon shows the police officer stopping, the Dodge took off. It proceeded to run a red light at 3rd Avenue North and ultimately struck the pedestrians as they were crossing 2nd Street in the north crosswalk of Central Avenue, an email from the agency to media stated.

Pedestrians Aaron Jerome Davis, 31, of Largo and Brian Lee LaFrance, 28, of St. Petersburg were crossing under a green signal when they were struck, the email stated. Witnesses stopped in the southbound curb lane, just north of the crosswalk, watched as the Dodge passed, ran the red light and struck the two men, police said. LaFrance was sideswiped and sent to the pavement. Davis, however, was thrown onto the hood and windshield before he was vaulted over the vehicle's roof.

Police say the Dodge continued to drive off, but struck two concrete light pillars, which ripped the right front wheel off the car.

"The Dodge continued scarping along, coming to a final rest just prior to 1st Avenue South," police wrote.