Palmdale car chase ends in Ventura County [UPDATED]
Updated, 12:42 p.m. Thursday: Suspect in wild U-Haul chase is named
A female driver of a stolen U-Haul truck led law enforcement officers on a chase for more than two hours before she was stopped Wednesday afternoon in Ventura County.
Shortly before 3 p.m., the driver, whose name was not immediately available, left the scene of a traffic stop made by an L.A. County sheriff’s deputy in Palmdale.
The truck was rented in the name of a male companion who was left at the scene.
The chase, widely televised and shown on latimes.com, wound into Los Angeles, through downtown and to the Westside, with the driver at times threading her way amid oncoming cars.
At the Ventura County line, she swerved into oncoming traffic lanes to avoid a spike strip that officers had placed across the highway to puncture her tires.
About 5:15 p.m. in Ventura County, she came to a stop, jumped from the truck and attempted to get into a car behind her on the passenger side.
When that proved impossible, she sprinted down the road and was tackled by California Highway Patrol officers.
-- Sam Quinones
Photo: California Highway Patrol officers pursue the driver of the stolen U-Haul truck. Credit: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
EDITOR'S PICKS:
what a nutjob.
Posted by: Brigitte | January 28, 2009 at 05:54 PM
The always get away.
not.
Posted by: donsmith7777 | January 28, 2009 at 08:12 PM
we should see more of this with an ailing economy... get ready, cus people bout to get rowdy
Posted by: LAPD | January 28, 2009 at 08:32 PM
I heard she had OJ Simpson in the back of the truck.
Posted by: ben | January 29, 2009 at 04:21 AM
Has anyone heard why she done this?
Posted by: tebjr | January 29, 2009 at 10:42 AM
SHES NOT AS CRAZY AS THE HOLLYWOOD NUT CASES YOU ALL HAVE LIVING OUT THERE.....
Posted by: JANET | January 29, 2009 at 10:53 AM
I caught this on CNN when it first came on and I watched intently until 5:09, then I had to go.....should have stuck around for 10 more minutes to see the outcome! LOL Poor lady...
Posted by: janettad | January 29, 2009 at 11:18 AM