Summary

In Los Angeles, a dramatic car chase, and hostage situation. The chase reached speeds of more than 100-miles per hour. A man wanted for car jacking a pickup truck, crashed the truck and then car jacked a van. The van driver was held hostage in the van still strapped in his seat belt, but was finally able to free himself and roll out of the way. He suffered only minor injuries. The chase looped around and around in south Los Angeles, near Los Angeles International Airport. During the pursuit, the driver struck at least six cars, and narrowly missed at least two pedestrians. The chase finally ended when the van struck a median and the suspect was run down on foot. The chase was carried live on Los Angeles t-v stations

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 144826
Story Slug HIGH SPEED CHASE (2/10/1998)
Location LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Format Vonat*
Date 2/10/1998
Archive Time 3:58
TRT 3:49
Supers LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA See Also Clip #302425 & #144887, 144886
Video Description shot of truck making u-turn on street, woman trying to get in back of truck unsuccessfully, rams his truck into another vehicle, man runs and gets into van, suspect throwing man out of van unto pavement, van driving on shoulder, van zig zagging through traffic, van crashing into car and pulling into parking lot, van driving high speed with pursuing police cars, van hitting center divider, suspect getting out of van and running across lanes of traffic with police pursuing, police with drawn guns chasing, suspect surrendering and lying down on the ground.
Description In Los Angeles, a dramatic car chase, and hostage situation. The chase reached speeds of more than 100-miles per hour. A man wanted for car jacking a pickup truck, crashed the truck and then car jacked a van. The van driver was held hostage in the van still strapped in his seat belt, but was finally able to free himself and roll out of the way. He suffered only minor injuries. The chase looped around and around in south Los Angeles, near Los Angeles International Airport. During the pursuit, the driver struck at least six cars, and narrowly missed at least two pedestrians. The chase finally ended when the van struck a median and the suspect was run down on foot. The chase was carried live on Los Angeles t-v stations
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Keywords

Caught on tape
caught on camera
caught on video
dramatic
amazing
incredible
dangerous
pursuit
pursuing
Pete Tauveve
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