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09-04-2008, 12:44 PM
MyFox Los Angeles | Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle in Police Pursuit Killed (http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7355055&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1)
check out the video to see the car.. looks ghetto but it was drivin by a 41 year old guy. This guy is gangsta he had the top down that musta been one hell of a adrenaline rush runnin from the cops like that lol. but bad enough he killed someone.
A 63-year-old pedestrian was killed Wednesday when he was struck by a vehicle that crashed into a van at the end of a police pursuit in the Lincoln Heights area and then swerved into a crosswalk.
The man, whose name was not immediately available, was struck and killed near the intersection of Griffin Avenue and Broadway at about 2:20 p.m., according to Richard French of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.
Capt. Bill Murphy of the Los Angeles Police Department said the chase began when a patrol officer spotted the suspect and "the suspect gave a
startled look, which is usually an indicator they're up to no good."
The suspect "obviously started evading police. In fact, he went to a parking lot, people were kind of jumping out of the way," he told the station.
"That ended up on the freeway. We asked for backup. We asked for an airship. On the freeway, a second unit got involved in it. We engaged in a pursuit and because of the rate of speed he was traveling, we turned it over ... to the airship. The suspect went off the freeway at Mission. There's a lot of traffic here, so we were able to actually re-engage the pursuit."
Asked how fast the suspect was going, Murphy replied, "... it had to be pretty fast to lose us on a freeway."
"When he got off at Mission, there was a second suspect, a female in the car," Murphy said. "She jumped out of the car. We were able to capture
her right away. Unfortunately the traffic broke. He was able to gain very, very high speed driving around these streets. When he got to Griffin down here, ... (due) to his fast driving and basically reckless driving, he crashed into that silver van, spun out and unfortunately hit the pedestrian who was walking through the crosswalk and killed him."
The suspect was arrested at the scene. His name was not immediately released. Murphy said the car was not stolen.
D'Lisa Davies of the city fire department said a 36-year-old woman in the van that was struck was injured, although the extent of her injuries was
unknown.
No officers were injured.
check out the video to see the car.. looks ghetto but it was drivin by a 41 year old guy. This guy is gangsta he had the top down that musta been one hell of a adrenaline rush runnin from the cops like that lol. but bad enough he killed someone.
A 63-year-old pedestrian was killed Wednesday when he was struck by a vehicle that crashed into a van at the end of a police pursuit in the Lincoln Heights area and then swerved into a crosswalk.
The man, whose name was not immediately available, was struck and killed near the intersection of Griffin Avenue and Broadway at about 2:20 p.m., according to Richard French of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.
Capt. Bill Murphy of the Los Angeles Police Department said the chase began when a patrol officer spotted the suspect and "the suspect gave a
startled look, which is usually an indicator they're up to no good."
The suspect "obviously started evading police. In fact, he went to a parking lot, people were kind of jumping out of the way," he told the station.
"That ended up on the freeway. We asked for backup. We asked for an airship. On the freeway, a second unit got involved in it. We engaged in a pursuit and because of the rate of speed he was traveling, we turned it over ... to the airship. The suspect went off the freeway at Mission. There's a lot of traffic here, so we were able to actually re-engage the pursuit."
Asked how fast the suspect was going, Murphy replied, "... it had to be pretty fast to lose us on a freeway."
"When he got off at Mission, there was a second suspect, a female in the car," Murphy said. "She jumped out of the car. We were able to capture
her right away. Unfortunately the traffic broke. He was able to gain very, very high speed driving around these streets. When he got to Griffin down here, ... (due) to his fast driving and basically reckless driving, he crashed into that silver van, spun out and unfortunately hit the pedestrian who was walking through the crosswalk and killed him."
The suspect was arrested at the scene. His name was not immediately released. Murphy said the car was not stolen.
D'Lisa Davies of the city fire department said a 36-year-old woman in the van that was struck was injured, although the extent of her injuries was
unknown.
No officers were injured.