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Jan 12, 2009 10:45 pm US/Pacific

Smart Car Leads Police, CHP On Fast Freeway Chase

LOS ANGELES With speeds often reaching 90 mph, police chased a suspect Monday evening in a Smart car through the San Fernando Valley towards Pasadena.

CHP officers, about half hour into the chase, decided to pull back in an effort to get the driver to slow down, according to authorities.

They abandoned the chase altogether when they determined who the driver was and where he lived, said officials.

At that point, the chase was well onto the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway approaching Sylmar.

The super-small and very fast (who knew?) Smart car was pursued initially on the northbound Hollywood (170) Freeway.

The CHP pulled over the driver for speeding.

After giving the officer his license and registration, the driver took off -- turning a traffice infraction into a felony by fleeing from authorities. 



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