A high-speed police pursuit on the 210 Freeway in Los Angeles County led to a violent collision that killed the suspect.
A California Freeway Patrol official confirmed that the suspect was pronounced lifeless at 11:18 a.m. on Friday by L.A. County Fireplace officers who responded to the crash. The motive force was the one one within the automotive, and nobody else was injured within the crash, a CHP official stated.
The pursuit started in Camarillo with officers from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Division and continued by way of Thousand Oaks and into Simi Valley, the place CHP officers took over.
The incident started when officers responded to a name a couple of grand theft in a big division retailer in Camarillo at round 10 a.m., in accordance with Sgt. Monica Smith of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Division. Responding officers then recognized a automobile they believed to be concerned within the theft and tried to make a site visitors cease. The pursuit started shortly after the suspect refused to drag over for officers.
The suspect was driving at speeds larger than 115 mph, in accordance with helicopter footage from KTLA.
The crash passed off eastbound on the 210 Freeway, simply west of State Route 2. The motive force plowed into the again of a truck, with the entrance driver aspect of the automotive making a tough impression with the rear passenger aspect of the truck. Components of the entrance and aspect of the suspect’s automobile had been torn off of the automotive.
CHP officers tried to deal with the suspect earlier than L.A. County Fireplace officers responded and declared the motive force lifeless.
Officers from each CHP and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Division didn’t present any extra particulars concerning the suspect.
Site visitors was closed Friday alongside the 210 Freeway close to the crash scene. One lane of site visitors was opened Friday afternoon, however three lanes on the eastbound aspect remained closed. The transition highway from the 210 to the two additionally had three lanes of site visitors closed for an unknown length, CHP officers stated.
