Feb 5, 2009 8:50 am US/Pacific
5 Kids Arrested After Chase Involving Stolen Car
INDUSTRY, Calif.
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A teen driving a stolen car led deputies and CHP officers on a chase that ended early Thursday in Industry, where a squad car nudged the targeted vehicle into a fence.
CBS
A teen driving a stolen car led deputies and CHP officers on a chase that ended early Thursday in Industry, where a squad car nudged the targeted vehicle into a fence.
The five children inside were taken into custody, authorities said.
The pursuit, which lasted roughly an hour, began in Norwalk just before midnight when deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department's Norwalk Station tried to pull over a red Chevy Corsica reported stolen, California Highway Patrol Officer Joe Zizi said.
The driver, a boy who was believed to be just 13 or 14 years old, refused to comply and drove off with his four passengers, all children, triggering the chase, Zizi said.
Deputies followed the driver over surface streets and onto freeways, where California Highway Patrol officers took over the pursuit, he said.
The chase continued on the northbound San Gabriel River 605 Freeway until the boy took the Valley Boulevard exit in Industry, Zizi said.
A short time later, officers performed the PIT maneuver on the Chevy, causing the car to strike a fence near Arenth and Ajax avenues, he added.
The five juveniles in the Corsica -- three males and two females ranging in age from 12 to 14 -- were taken into custody about 1 a.m., Zizi said, adding that none were injured.
The children's names were withheld because of their age.
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