Erratic Driver Takes Police On A 2-Hour Chase Through LA

CALABASAS, CA — A motorist is now in custody after taking California Highway Patrol officers on a wild, two-hour ride crisscrossing Los Angeles, from the San Fernando Valley to San Pedro.

The chase began at 4:58 p.m. Tuesday when a CHP officer pulled over a gray car for speeding and erratic driving on the eastbound 101 Freeway near Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas, according to CHP Officer Elizabeth Kravig.

The suspect pulled over for officers and them a driver’s license before speeding off, according to NBC4. Police followed the driver as they quickly wove through streets in Woodland Hills, Encino, and Sherman Oaks, sometimes driving on the wrong side of the road.

Despite two LAPD units and a helicopter following the vehicle, aerial video from Sky5 shows the car evading officers by continuously weaving very quickly through traffic.

At 5:40 p.m., the driver got on the southbound 405 towards the Sepulveda Pass, weaving in and out of lanes to avoid traffic. Aerial video shows that the car hit another vehicle while on the 405, but sped into the right shoulder and continued into Culver City, down to Inglewood near LAX, and toward Redondo Beach.

KTLA reported that the driver got off the freeway in Redondo Beach and pulled into a parking lot, but pulled out when police units caught up.

The driver then got back on the southbound 405 in Torrance and got onto the 110 toward San Pedro. The driver continued to get on and off the freeway, speeding and driving erratically throughout.

Kravig told KTLA that the driver was taken into custody just before 7 p.m. She could not give any information on the driver’s identity or where they were detained.