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Entries from LAist tagged with 'pursuit'

July 15, 2008

View Larger Map The LAPD has released a break down of events that occurred last night in Hollywood that occurred around 8:45 p.m. where two pedestrians were killed during a short police pursuit. Here, in their own words, is their version of what happened accompanied by a handy LAist map: "A West Traffic Division Officer was in the area of Highland Avenue near Camrose Avenue when he observed a 2005 Honda Civic travelling on the......

Continue Reading "Pedestrians Killed in Hollywood Car Chase Not Identified"

July 14, 2008

Two years ago the community joined City Council President Eric Garcetti on the Great Hollywood Walkabout conducted by Deborah Murphy who then made recommendations which included reclassifying Hollywood Boulevard to include a pedestrian priority classification. Then and today, Hollywood Boulevard is still classified and engineered as a Major Highway. This morning, a vehicle involved in killing two pedestrians on the boulevard last night still sat in the middle of the street. The two victims were......

Continue Reading "Hollywood Boulevard: For People or Cars?"

February 3, 2008

In Sunday's wee hours, an unusual car chase took place on our local freeways, between the LA County Sheriff and a Vons big rig. According to the San Jose Mercury News:Officials say the hourlong pursuit began when LA County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report that a big rig was weaving. Sheriff's Sergeant Dan Raimo says the driver failed to yield and headed onto Highway 101. The big rig eventually stopped near Cerritos and......

Continue Reading "Strange Pursuit: LA Co. Sheriff/CHP & Vons Big Rig"

January 18, 2008

A woman last night led a short car pursuit with police officers from Downey to Paramount. During the chase that last 4-minutes before police decided to call it off for safety reasons, they noted that "she honked the horn and sang and danced inside the vehicle throughout the pursuit.," according to NBC4. Danced? Was she doing choreography or just bouncing up and down? 45-minutes later, a helicopter crew saw her driving the wrong way on......

Continue Reading "Things to do in a car chase: sing, dance, rejoice!"

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