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Dramatic new bodycam footage shows the moment a fleeing Michigan suspect leaps into the murky Kalamazoo River to evade cops after a minor traffic stop — and never resurfaces, according to police.

Kalamazoo cops said the unidentified suspect sped away from cops around 4:30 p.m. on New Year’s Day when they tried to pull him over on his motorcycle on a “license plate violation,” leading to a high-speed chase.

But the man’s luck ran out when his bike broke down, forcing the suspect — in a white T-shirt, dark slacks and white sneakers — to take off running through a local park and over a footbridge with cops on his heels.

That’s when he’s seen diving into the Kalamazoo, with officers yelling at him to stop as he starts trying to swim away.

“The river current pushed him downstream and officers observed him go underwater and did not resurface,” police said in a Facebook post.