Eric Whitaker has been identified by police as the man who drove through a service station's storefront in an attempt to reportedly kill his girlfriend. Watch the shocking video and the aftermath that follows as he tries to flee from the scene of the crime.
Police were called to a service station in Columbia, Tennessee for not one, but two car accidents. One was a pickup truck that ran into the gas station's convenience store and the other was a head-on collision with a small delivery truck on the road. The driver in both instances has been identified as Eric Whitaker.
At first glance it seems like an odd coincidence, but when one views the video below the situation becomes even more bizarre with a storyline that will shock many. The video is taken from the surveillance cameras at the station and shows the many angles of both accidents.
The video opens with a woman, identified as Whitaker's 37-year-old girlfriend, running into the store and a pickup truck following dangerously close. The truck shoves another vehicle out of the way and in the next camera angle from within the store the truck crashes through the glass doors and slams into a bystander. The fleeing victim barely misses a hit from the vehicle.
Once the vehicle has buried itself deep within the store, Whitaker's girlfriend attempts to make a getaway, but stops short when Whitaker climbs out of the driver's side door. He checks beneath the vehicle and walks right out of the store without looking back.
Whitaker walks up to a SUV and begins to drive away from the station. As he turns onto the busy road, he slams into a delivery truck head-on.
Whitaker was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition and according to reports his health seems to be improving.
Police have classified this case as a domestic violence incident.