Follow that skateboarder! When a grand theft auto suspect crashes the stolen truck he’s driving, he hops out of the driver’s seat and onto a skateboard. Eyewitness News with the skateboard takedown, and controversy after the arrest. Tonight at 11 from ABC7
After stealing a truck with the trailer still attached, a suspect tried to get away from LAPD officers on a skateboard – but didn’t get far.
Southern California has its share of wild police chases – but rarely do they end up on a skateboard.Los Angeles police bodycam video shows a chase involving a stolen truck in which the suspect jumped out of the vehicle after spinning out and hopped on a skateboard in front of officers standing just feet away with their guns drawn.
Theincidenthappened Feb. 13 around 6 a.m. in downtown Los Angeles.A truck with a trailer attached was reported stolen near Flower Street and Jefferson Avenue. Officers soon spotted the truck at Exposition Boulevard and Western Avenue and tried to pull the driver over, but he fled, at one point hitting a parked vehicle but continuing.
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