Police arrest two following pursuit with U-Haul truck
Two people were arrested following a pursuit with a U-Haul truck in parts of Orange and Los Angeles counties on Tuesday.
The chase began at around 3:50 p.m., when the suspects allegedly stole from a Kohl's store on Seal Beach Boulevard and fled fro the area in the U-Haul, according to Seal Beach Police Department, who initiated the pursuit near the I-405/I-605 Interchange.
Despite earlier reports that the U-Haul was stolen, Seal Beach police clarified that was not the case.
Los Alamitos Police Department officers, assisting with the pursuit, could be seen trailing the suspect who was driving over 70 miles per hour while fleeing along surface streets in Garden Grove.
While driving through the intersection of Valley View Street and Katella Avenue, the truck collided with another car in the area but continued driving.
The driver clipped a second vehicle, a white pickup truck, while hurtling through the intersection of E. 2nd Street and N. Studebaker road in the Marina area at about 4:10 p.m.
With SkyCal overhead, the suspect could be seen hurtling through intersections and swerving around other cars, sometimes onto the wrong side of the road.
At around 4:15 p.m. the driver could be seen driving along one-way streets in the Belmont Shore area, often heading in the wrong direction, without stopping at most of the intersections.
Moments later, the driver stopped the truck near E. Paoli Way and Third Street, where he and a passenger, who had his arms full of unknown items, went in separate directions. The driver headed into a large parking lot while the passenger walked into a row of houses.
Police quickly apprehended the driver, who immediately laid on the ground once he saw officers. The passenger was also taken into custody shortly after when police found him walking along Monrovia Avenue and E. Appian Way, just outside of Rogers Middle School.
There was no further information provided.
