The driver of a dark grey Ford Fiesta ST led the police on a chase for over two hours in Los Angeles earlier in the week.
The chase is said to have started in the San Fernando Valley and saw the male driver weaving in and out of traffic on urban roads and various highways. While driving on the 405 freeway, the man exceeded 100 mph (161 km/h) on a handful of occasions.
As opposed to lots of the police chases you see broadcast in the U.S., police took a different approach in this case and didn’t aggressively pursue the vehicle with patrol cars for all that long.
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Instead, they choose to keep their distance, seemingly in an attempt not to spook the driver and put other motorists at risk. Various scenes show the police using pursuit vehicles, including motorcycles, to monitor and follow the driver. At the same time, a police helicopter and a news helicopter were also tracking the car.
ABC 7 reports that at one stage the driver exited the 405 freeway in the Inglewood area and later stopped at a shopping center. However, the presence of police prompted the driver to flee again, heading onto the 110 freeway and exiting into the Torrance area. At this stage, heavy cloud cover over the area forced the news and law enforcement helicopters to pull back while ground units fell into tracking mode.
However, not even heavy cloud cover saved the man, as he was later arrested at a residence in Rancho Palos Verdes.
