The pursuit from southern Los Angeles County into the San Gabriel Valley began after a report of a stolen vehicle.A pickup driver knocked down a utility pole, cut across sidewalks and lawns in front of homes, and stopped to pick up a bag at a gas station during a bizarre chase Tuesday in an Alhambra neighborhood.
The chase began after a report of a stolen vehicle. Details about the auto theft were not immediately available. The driver went through several stoplights in Alhambra and cut off other drivers trying to turn at intersections during the chase that stayed in the same general area of the community east of Los Angeles for about an hour.The pickup backed into a utility pole in an alley and narrowly missed other vehicles. The driver went onto a sidewalk and over lawns in front of homes.
Law enforcement vehicles appeared to drop back as the driver continued circling around the same neighborhood, stopping at times in the middle of the street. The driver pulled into a gas station, picked up a bag on the ground and got back in the pickup. An employee at the station told NBCLA the plastic bag contained clothes and handkerchiefs.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.At East McLean Street and North Garfield Avenue, the driver abandoned the pickup and ran into a neighborhood.