Carjacking Suspect Leads High-Speed Chase Ending In Crash

LOS ANGELES, CA — A carjacking suspect led Los Angeles police along busy surface streets a speeds reaching 80 miles per hour Wednesday before crashing into a car and attempting to flee on foot.

The chase, which began in the in the 7900 block of Woodman Avenue around 3 p.m. Wednesday in Panorama City, ended with the crash and a foot chase in the Lake Balboa are. The brief foot pursuit ended with the suspect's arrest.

The unidentified suspect, who was believed to be armed, drove at speeds of more than 80 mph on surface streets, driving at times on the wrong side of the road and narrowly missing other vehicles and at least one pedestrian as he barely navigated a turn.

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The chase ended just after 3 p.m. when the car slammed into a Honda Civic at the intersection of Hayvenhurst Avenue and Vanowen Street. The man ran from the crash scene, but was taken into custody about a block away at the intersection of Hayvenhurst and Archwood Street.

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