LOS ANGELES — A prolonged police chase through Southern California’s San Fernando Valley came to a dramatic end on Friday morning when a wrong-way driver crashed head-on into an California Highway Patrol cruiser.<\/p>\n
The pursuit was ongoing shortly after 10:30 a.m. local time as the driver of a black 2025 Honda Accord made their way along surface streets after exiting the 101 Freeway. At least four Los Angeles Police Department cruisers were following close behind.<\/p>\n
Whether any passengers were in the car was unclear.<\/p>\n
Shortly before 11 a.m. the driver entered the 405 Freeway in Encino and headed northbound through North Hills amid light traffic.<\/p>\n
The car exited the freeway in Mission Hills, drove under the freeway and then used an exit ramp to reenter the freeway. The driver made a U-turn on the freeway and headed south on the 405.<\/p>\n
Moments later, the sedan again got off the freeway in North Hills and stopped briefly at a gas station, at the intersection of Nordhoff Street and Aqueduct Avenue. The chase continued after an LAPD patrol vehicle pulled into the gas station.<\/p>\n
In a bizarre twist, a person on a motorcycle at one point engaged the fleeing vehicle, driving alongside it as the helmeted rider gestured toward the suspect. Around 11:15, the sedan stopped at an intersection and the motorcycle rider approached it, attempting to open the front passenger-side door before the suspect behind the wheel drove away.<\/p>\n
The pursuit then proceeded into a parking structure on the campus of Cal State Northridge. Officers chased the car through the structure and out onto surface streets.<\/p>\n
Shortly before 11:30, the fleeing sedan was T-boned by an innocent driver at an intersection in Granada Hills.<\/p>\n
The suspect drove away from the crash site, and minutes later, at least one of the Honda’s tires blew out after possibly driving over a spike strip. But the chase continued on surface streets, with the driver refusing to pull over.<\/p>\n
The saga finally came to an end less than 10 minutes later, when the Honda crashed head-on into a California Highway Patrol SUV on the 405 Freeway. The suspect attempted to flee on foot but was quickly tackled by several officers.<\/p>\n
Details about the alleged burglary were not immediately available.<\/p>\n
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