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Insane Car Pursue on Sepulveda Leaves Motorists Panicked Shitless (Movie)
Watching live televised car pursues is a dearest activity of any right-thinking Angeleno, but what happens when one happens right in front of you?
This reporter was walking back to the world headquarters of L.A. Weekly in beautiful Culver City, after picking up a delicious Chipotle burrito for lunch, when all of a unexpected a black Toyota Tundra began tearing up Sepulveda Boulevard. When the driver got to Sepulveda and Washington Place, he did doughnuts in the intersection — after doing doughnuts around appalled and frozen drivers up and down the spread inbetween Washington and Venice. This intrepid reporter manage to record a puny part of the bizarre pursue on his trusty iPhone:
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Nearby drivers were so funked some of them fled their vehicles. The very first responding officer was so startled he tipped over his motorcycle.
The driver continued to burn rubber up and down Sepulveda several times, stopping traffic in both directions and periodically spinning around like a whirling dervish. A fleet of cops and a helicopter pursued him for a solid ten minutes. The driver appeared to have a deranged, almost bemused look on his face. A few gawking passersby cheered the old fellow on.
Update, Five:45 p.m.: After a brief car pursue, the driver of the vehicle was taken into custody, according to LAPD Sgt. James Tomeo.
It all began, according to Tomeo, with the driver having a bad day.
"He was upset at his boss," Tomeo says. "He determines he’s going to let out some frustration. . He just went from intersection to intersection doing doughnuts."
A passing officer witnessed the crazed driver, called for back-up and a brief police pursuit ensued. It ended on a side street, near where Palms turns into National.
"He put a lot of people in danger, clipped one of our motor officers," Tomeo says. "He wasn’t intoxicated. He was just mad. Literally."