A California woman was forced to jump from a speeding van, because her husband was driving towards a cliff to be able to escape from police.
Malibu cops state that Michael Kheop, 44, started to flee in the stolen van at about 1:30 p.m. on Friday during a traffic stop. His wife Meru is at the passenger seat. and she told CBS2 that they wanted him to surrender and assured him that everything could be all right.
But Kheop wanted to get away and allegedly turned toward a 200-foot cliff.
"I said ... 'Get out of the car, we are able to handle this,'" Meru Kheop told the station. "He said, 'Get out,' and I opened the door, after which that's when the vehicle turned."
"I jumped when it was about to go down," she added.
She made it just over time. Her spouse cascaded down the grassy cliff, but miraculously survived. He eluded cops again by allegedly hiding in the brush.
The van was smashed, KTLA reported.
Cops searched for him for five hours. He had escaped -- until Meru Kheop heard a knock at her window that evening. It was Michael, but Meru didn't let him in. She called police who arrested him without incident.
Police charged him with attempted murder for endangering his wife and car theft. His bail was set at $100,000.
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