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 302425
Story Slug HIGH SPEED VAN CHASE HIGHLIGHTS (2/11/1998)
Location LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Format Vo/Sot/Raw
Date 2/11/1998
Archive Time 41:33
TRT 4:00
Supers See also clips #144887, 144826 and 144886 Los Angeles, California 1:34-1:37 Voice of Larry Welk, Reporting 1:42-1:49 Tim Cole, Car jack Victim
Video Description Aerials of police pursuit, truck crashes into car, truck speeding through traffic, more aerials, woman tries to get into back of truck, aerials of truck, sparks coming from truck, truck crashes suspect gets out of truck and into van, hostage victim dragged from van, sot from victim, more aerials of police chase, van crashes, suspect runs across the highway, police capture suspect, cu shot of suspect in back of police car.
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
pursuit
pursuing
dangerous
catching
wild
crazy
bystander
Pete Tauveve
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