Crime & Safety
Watch Car Chase End With Teetering Truck On Mount Baldy Cliff
See this car teetering on the cliff after a chase following a domestic violence suspect across San Gabriel Valley ended on Mount Baldy Road.
WATCH: Driver taken into custody after pickup truck stops on edge of cliff near Mt. Baldy/Flat River Rd pic.twitter.com/1Mg7m3aPmz
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) April 5, 2018
CLAREMONT, CA — A man attempted to drive his pickup truck off of a cliff but got stuck instead, according to authorities. What began as a domestic violence call at approximately 9:45 a.m. Thursday ended with the man attempting to drive over the Mount Baldy cliff.
If he hadn't gotten stuck on the edge of the cliff, it would have resulted in a 60-foot fall for the driver, according to officials.
Dennis Yokley, a 54-year-old Claremont resident who was behind hte wheel, then barricaded himself inside the vehicle, which remained perched precariously at the end of Mount Baldy and Flat River Road in Claremont for approximately two hours, a Claremont Police Department dispatcher confirmed.
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Helicopters caught sight of the suspect as he exited the truck. He was taken into custody at approximately 11:15 a.m. Thursday morning, when he surrendered to police.
Yokely was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats.
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CLAREMONT UPDATE: Suspect barricaded in car that was teetering off cliff surrenders to police https://t.co/MgaF7FQFQe pic.twitter.com/K2Nyeu4E2q
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) April 5, 2018
NOW: Pursuit suspect surrenders to police after car teeters on edge of cliff off Mount Baldy Road in Claremont area pic.twitter.com/xGkswj9BUU
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) April 5, 2018
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