The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol were engaged in a hot pursuit of a suspect driving recklessly through Los Angeles County on Sunday night, which eventually ended after the suspect escaped near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
CBS News released the footage of the entire chase on YouTube. The suspect in a white sedan was being chased by police cruisers for nearly an hour before police decided it was too dangerous to take him out due to the traffic around them. The cruisers attempted PIT maneuvers multiple times but failed to stop the sedan.
The chase began in East Los Angeles around 9 p.m., when the driver “fled from Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies on surface streets” through Downey and Norwalk areas. Meanwhile, the SkyCal helicopter overhead kept the spotlight on the vehicle…