A video has been released showing the shocking moment a driver crashed his car during a 100mph police chase – with a infant unfastened in the back seat.

Wayne Smith, 27, smashed his black Ford Focus into a police vehicle on the M5 on August v last year which airtight the motorway for 10 hours.

Dashcam footage shows him undertaking a lorry, swerving along the hard shoulder and colliding with a police BMW X5 virtually Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset.

The police motorcar flipped over at to the lowest degree iv times before coming to a residue on its roof, with flames flickering from the wreckage.

A young girl, who was recovered from the footwell of Smith's automobile, was incredibly rescued unharmed and taken to hospital as a precaution.

PC Jason Smith, who was in the BMW which overturned due to the affect of the standoff, sustained serious head injuries and now has mail traumatic stress.

The throughway ground to a halt after the smash, just earlier 10pm, between Junction 21 and Junction 19, earlier it eventually reopened at 8am the following day.

Smith, of Tamworth in Staffordshire, had taken the child from her mother before embarking on a 260-mile journey to Newquay, Cornwall with the youngster in his car.

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The dramatic crash caused a police motorcar to flip over iv times and gave the officer inside caput injuries (Picture show: Staffordshire Police)

He was convicted of battery, causing actual bodily damage, cruelty to a kid and dangerous driving following a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

He was jailed for 26 months on May eleven and banned from driving for 3 years, afterward which he will take to undertake an extended retest.

Staffordshire Police force released the dramatic footage today showing how Smith refused to terminate despite beingness pursued by iv police cars.

Sentencing, Judge Barry Berlin told Smith: 'In my view my sentence must result in custody.

'On August 4, 2019 at most half past 12 in the afternoon the defendant entered the complainant'southward business firm.

'He snatched her phone from her and threw her against the floor – that is count 2 of bombardment.

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Wayne Smith, 27, has been jailed for his crimes (Moving picture: SWNS)

'He sent a text and WhatsApp message to her dominate at ii.30pm pretending to exist her saying she would not be coming to piece of work at 3pm.

'He put the child into his black Ford Focus and headed on the throughway to the due south due west.

'This was a draconian and reckless act which was typical of his behaviour. Subsequently the constabulary found suicide notes on his laptop they suspected he was in an unstable emotional land.

'He knew the police were looking for him from the text messages they sent him.

'Now we go to the dangerous driving. The child was left in harm while you swerved through traffic with her on the back seat. Police officers saw y'all near junction two at speeds of over 100mph.

'The four officers formed a box of four cars to attempt to stop you undertook a lorry and went onto the hard shoulder. Y'all rammed an X5 law car that turned over many times.

'I accept y'all did not do that as a deliberate effort to injure the officeholder, simply PC Jason Smith was injured in the standoff and has PTSD.

Screengrabs from shocking crash video

The M5 was shut for x hours following the horror smash (Picture: SWNS)

'The child was not secured in the back seat. She was not injured but had marks on her genitalia and rashes to her back from sitting in her urine and faeces in sometime nappies and then infant wipes.

'I detect this to be loftier culpability kid cruelty due to the location of the offence and the timing.

'As to count four of dangerous driving, this was a police chase at speeds of at least 90 mph during which you lot undertook a lorry and swerved onto the hard shoulder earlier crashing.

'Although the prosecution case for premeditation was not made out in evidence, you put the lives of yourself and the babe at take a chance.

'At that place will exist 16 months in prison and that will exist consecutive to the two months for battery.

'For kid cruelty in my view there is high culpability. Yous wholly disregarded the child when you would not stop for the police and put her at high risk.

'Mr Smith you are an intelligent human who tried to use this intelligence to put the blame on others.

Screengrabs from shocking crash video

A immature infant was in the dorsum of the car which crashed into the police force vehicle and was not fastened (Picture: SWNS)

'I'k going to brand that consecutive and I call back that is merciful. That adds up to 26 months and you volition serve one-half of that in custody.

'You lot will be disqualified from driving for three years, on release you will be required to take a farther driving test.'

Paul Cliff, defending, said: 'He is an intelligent young human being.

'He has a masters caste in physics and is hard-working, focused and conscientious according to well-nigh of the colleagues he worked with prior to his remand.

'He has logged over 400 hours of unpaid work with wildlife charities. Prior to this matter he has no previous convictions.

'For a fellow of his background a criminal tape will take ongoing implications for his work.

'There accept been very severe consequences for this swain who has been since August last year, one of the well-nigh stressful times to have to spend in detention.'

Detective Constable Martin Ottey, from Staffordshire Police, said after the example: 'Smith took a immature child without the mother's noesis and put its life at risk by driving extremely dangerously and reaching speeds way over the speed limit.

'He put the child, the officers and himself in danger and information technology's a miracle no 1 was seriously injured.

'Despite his best efforts to become away, officers arrested him and he'due south now been brought to justice for his actions.'

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