Crime & Safety
101 Freeway Chase Ends With PIT Maneuver
The chase began in the Ventura area and ended in Sherman Oaks where the suspect was taken into custody.
SHERMAN OAKS, CA — A man led police on a chase from Ventura County to Sherman Oaks along the Ventura (101) Freeway Tuesday afternoon before the California Highway Patrol got him with a PIT maneuver.
The driver was wanted for allegedly failing to stop at a stop sign, according to the CHP.
The man driving a silver sedan made his way on the southbound Ventura Freeway to the Encino area by about 2:40 p.m., according to the CHP. It was five minutes later that a CHP SUV performed a PIT maneuver on his vehicle in the area of Woodman Avenue. The move disabled the vehicle, and the driver surrendered to the police.
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No further details were immediately available.
City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.
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