A pursuit through South LA led to back-to-back crashes leaving an LAPD officer and an innocent driver injured Thursday.
A pursuit led to a Los Angeles Police Department officer crashing into a street bench in South LA before the suspect kept going and slammed into an innocent driver Thursday night, according to LAPD.The chase started around 11:30 p.m. when officers tried to stop a suspected stolen white Mercedes but the driver refused to pull over, police said.
The LAPD officer and the other driver not involved in the chase were both left with injuries police described as minor.Police said the suspect was taken into custody on suspicion of felony evading and grand theft auto.Footage shows the crashed LAPD patrol vehicle actually on top of the bench, crushing more than half the bench to the ground with a street light knocked to the ground and lying in the street.
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