3 People Arrested Following SUV Theft, High-Speed Police Pursuit

Three people were in custody in connection with the theft this morning of an SUV in South Los Angeles and the subsequent crash of the stolen vehicle and a truck seen leaving the scene of the theft, police said,

The high-speed pursuit of the SUV began about 12:30 a.m. when police were contacted by a resident who said his black Chevrolet TrailBlazer was stolen near Rosewood and La Brea avenues, said Sgt. Richard Estevez of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Wilshire Station.

Officers spotted the stolen SUV traveling southbound on La Brea at Oakwood Avenue and began pursuing it, Estevez said.

The driver sped up as he drove southbound on La Brea and crashed into parked cars on Washington Boulevard, the sergeant said. Officers found him unconscious with a possible leg injury, and he was transported to a hospital.

At the same time and location as the SUV was stolen, two men were seen leaving in a blue truck. They fled when approached by police, triggering a pursuit that went south on La Brea to Venice Boulevard, east to Wellington Road and south on Wellington Road near Washington, where they crashed into a fence and ran off, only to be caught a short time later, Estevez said.

All three suspects were to be booked on suspicion of grand theft auto, he said.

---City News Service

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