A Saturday night pursuit of a suspected stolen vehicle in the Los Angeles area wrapped up the way these things too often do: with crumpled metal, deployed airbags, and a blocked intersection that nobody planned to spend their evening at. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that one of its deputies was actively chasing a stolen car when the collision occurred at the intersection of Temple City Boulevard and Duarte Road in Arcadia, a quiet San Gabriel Valley city better known for horse racing than high-speed drama.
The suspect’s vehicle, along with at least three other cars that had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, were caught up in the crash. Aerial footage from the scene told its own story: the front end of the LASD patrol car sustained heavy damage, while the other vehicles nearby showed the kind of crumpling and airbag deployment that makes body shop owners quietly optimistic.
The suspect ended up trapped inside their vehicle and had to be extracted by firefighters before deputies could take them into custody…