A gun thug was caught when he was catapulted off a stolen motorbike before police arrived and found scattered ammunition surrounding his prone body.
Known drug dealer Daniel Sherlock, 24, jumped traffic lights and smashed into a car, sending him flying through the air into the road, as he was chased by criminal rivals.
When cops arrived, they discovered the balaclava-clad drug peddler lying on the ground, close to spilt bullets, along with a satchel round his head containing more ammunition.
A self-loading pistol was recovered a short distance away, which detectives believe was used in a shooting in Liverpool just minutes earlier.
His accomplice Lee O’Shea, 22, left his pal wounded in the road, fleeing the scene after ordering an onlooker: "Get me away, girl."
Witnesses estimated Sherlock was travelling at 80mph as he crossed onto the wrong side of the road before smashing into terrified Amy Molloy's Ford Fiesta, with three other women inside.
Today at Liverpool Crown Court, Sherlock, from Clubmoor, Merseyside, was jailed for twelve-and-a-half years after admitting possession of a firearm, ammunition, aggravated vehicle taking wounding and being concerned in the supply of drugs.
Accomplice O'Shea, from Wavertree, Liverpool, who admitted aggravated vehicle taking and possession of a firearm and was on the bike, was jailed for seven years and two months.
CCTV released by Merseyside Police showed the thugs crashing into the vehicle, and being ejected from the seat through the air.
The pair were caught after an undercover cop got Sherlock's telephone number from an addict and tracked him down.
Sherlock was also jailed for his role leading a team of heroin and crack cocaine street dealers in Toxteth, Merseyside, and wounding his employee who he assaulted with a hammer when he tried to quit.
The thug screamed at him: "“You f** stop when I say you stop."
Judge David Aubrey, QC, said: “On June 15 of this year, lawlessness descended on the streets of Liverpool.
“You were on a stolen motorbike. You, Sherlock, were the driver. You both had a complete and utter disregard for the safety of other road users.
“You could have killed [the women in the car], you could have killed yourselves.”
Det Supt Chris Green, from Merseyside Police, said: "The actions of Sherlock and O’Shea show the intrinsic link between the supply of drugs and the use of firearms."