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A car was filmed speeding by airplanes on a taxiway in California on Dec. 8

The driver was quickly detained without further incident

The airport confirms that "the individual was evaluated on scene and determined to be experiencing a possible medical emergency"

A chaotic scene erupted at a California airport after a car was captured on video speeding by airplanes on a taxiway.

The dangerous incident began on Monday, Dec. 8, around 1:12 p.m. local time, when a contract security guard, who was supposed to be stationed at an airfield security checkpoint, allegedly drove a vehicle on the taxiway at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana at a “high rate of speed,” a spokesperson for the airport, AnnaSophia Servin, confirms in a statement shared with PEOPLE.

In footage obtained by PE

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