LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A driver in a vehicle that was reported stolen stopped to get gas while leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase through the Los Angeles area on Friday night.
The chase began before 10 p.m. in the Wilshire area. Police said the dark blue Infinity 250 sedan was reported stolen.
The driver traveled at speeds up to 100 mph at times. The suspect also drove recklessly, weaving through other cars and driving on the shoulder.
Eventually, officers on the ground and the police helicopter overhead pulled off the chase. AIR7 kept following the suspect as he stopped for gas at a Shell gas station at Imperial Highway and Long Beach Boulevard in Lynwood.
The suspect looked right into AIR7’s camera as he covered his face while pumping gas.
After filling up, the chase continued. The suspect immediately began speeding and driving recklessly again, and soon, City of Bell police officers started following close behind.
As the dangerous chase continued, officers once again pulled back, putting some distance between them and the driver.
Throughout the chase, the driver was on the 105 Freeway, 110 Freeway, 710 Freeway and the 10 Freeway, in addition to surface streets in many areas.
The pursuit came to an end when the suspect bailed on foot under the 10 Freeway overpass at Alameda Street near the Fashion District — out of sight of the police chopper and AIR7 overhead.
The vehicle he was driving rolled into a light pole, and the driver was nowhere in sight.
At least check, the driver was still not in custody. Police believe he was picked up by another driver or possibly carjacked another driver in an SUV.
Interestingly, the overpass where the suspect got away is the exact same overpass where the suspect in another recent police chase got out of a stolen tanker truck and into a different stolen vehicle.
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