A man on a bicycle was hit and killed Wednesday morning when a police chase ended in a violent, rollover crash in South Los Angeles.
According to police, officers with LAPD’s Newton Division received a call shortly after 6 a.m. about a theft from a vehicle.
The victim of the theft was reportedly following the suspect. It’s unclear where exactly the theft occurred.
Officers tried to pull over the suspect near the intersection of 48th Street and Central Avenue but the suspect didn’t stop, according to police. That’s when the chase began, going through several streets in the area.
Police said the suspect struck the bicyclist near Hooper Avenue and 46th Street and kept driving, hitting eight other vehicles before ultimately crashing in the street. There were people in some of those eight vehicles, but no one from those vehicles suffered serious injuries.
“Fortunately, none of them required medical attention and no one needed to be transported, which is quite a miracle considering what we have at this intersection and the force and the impact that would’ve been needed for this suspect vehicle to be upside down on its side,” said LAPD Det. Meghan Aguilar.