A person wished by police plowed a stolen flatbed truck into a number of vehicles as he weaved out and in of Southern California visitors throughout a wild high-speed pursuit — that ended with cops piling on high of the reckless driver as he tried to stroll away from his path of destruction, in response to police and photographs.
The harrowing chase began round 2:41 p.m. close to the Harbor Freeway and Adams Avenue in downtown Los Angeles Friday afternoon, in response to the Los Angeles Police Division.
The hour-long pursuit, which was captured on SkyCal footage, confirmed the erratic motorist topping 100 mph as he dangerously traveled on native streets and freeways to Lengthy Seaside — usually towards visitors — sideswiping vehicles and barreling into others that blocked his escape.
At one level, the hasty driver narrowly struck a bus at a busy intersection in Pico Rivera earlier than hopping a curb and fleeing on a sidewalk to keep away from vehicles throughout the mad rush, in response to footage shared by NBC 4 Los Angeles.
The motorist continued to evade seize, transferring by way of Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk and different communities on Interstate 605, often hovering on the shoulder of the crowded roadway and clipping a number of vehicles, the heart-pounding footage confirmed.
The alarming chase got here to an abrupt cease when the motive force blew a crimson gentle and smashed into no less than two vehicles, sending him off the street the place he crashed right into a metallic rail within the car parking zone of a Sherwin-Williams Paints on Termino Avenue.
The unidentified suspect exited the totaled automobile and casually escaped on foot earlier than almost a dozen officers wrestled him to the bottom a number of blocks from the crash website close to seventh Avenue and Miramar in Lengthy Seaside, the footage confirmed.
Police mentioned they took the motive force into custody 5 minutes after the pursuit ended at 3:45 p.m.
No less than one officer was injured throughout the takedown and was transported to a neighborhood hospital in unknown situation, police mentioned.
No prices have been filed but, they added.
It’s not identified what number of vehicles had been broken, the variety of accidents sustained and why police had been pursuing the suspect.
