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Man stopped at red light uses slingshot to take out traffic camera

By Ben Hooper
A driver shoots a singshot at a traffic camera. Screenshot: Newsflare
A driver shoots a singshot at a traffic camera. Screenshot: Newsflare

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Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A driver stopped at a traffic light in China was recorded leaning out the window of his van and using a slingshot to take out a traffic camera.

The CCTV traffic camera footage shows the man, identified by the surname Li, stopped at a Shanghai red light in his blue minivan.

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Li can be seen reaching a slingshot out the van's window and using it to shatter the camera's lens.

The impressive shot earned Li an arrest from local police. He told officers he lost his temper because he had been waiting a long time for the light to change.

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