‘Looked Like It Had Fallen From the Sky’ Truck Goes Airborne During Police Chase in California, Lands on Parked Cars
A police chase in California ended in an unusual way early Sunday morning. Especially for residents in the Atwater Village section of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Police Department reported that the pursuit started just before 1 a.m. on Sunday. Officers with the Southeast Division suspected the driver of a black truck of DUI.
Police began the chase after attempting a traffic stop on the truck. It ended approximately 15 miles north of where officials said the pursuit started.
After about 50 minutes, the suspect ran a red light in Atwater and struck a black sedan, according to police. The impact caused the pickup truck to flip, go airborne, and crash upside down onto parked cars.
At least one area resident heard the crash happen outside their home
A home surveillance camera captured footage of the crash at around 1:50 Sunday morning. The sound woke several residents of the neighborhood.
“I thought someone had driven through the front of my house. I thought I was gonna come out of my bedroom and go into the kitchen and see a car in my living room,” Lance Reyes, whose white Kia Soul was crushed by the truck, told NBC 4 News. “That’s what it sounded like. It sounded like a giant crash, like the biggest noise I think I’ve ever heard.”
Reyes told ABC 7 News, “When I came out here, there was a car on top of this car, and the back part of the car was smashed on top of my car. I was just in shock. I didn’t know what to think. It looked like it had fallen from the sky and just smashed down on everything.”
He added that the airborne truck also damaged his neighbor’s silver Toyota Corolla. Fortunately, no one was inside either vehicle.
KTLA News reports the driver was an 18-year-old. Emergency personnel transported the driver to the hospital. The LAPD would not confirm reports that officers took a passenger in the truck into custody. The investigation of the incident is ongoing.
