A wrong-way driver in a stolen flatbed truck slammed into several cars on a Long Beach street before a crash outside a business that brought the high-speed rampage to an end.
Details about the truck theft were not immediately available, but the chase began near USC in Exposition Park south of downtown Los Angeles. The address on the side of the truck indicated it is owned by a business in Chula Vista in San Diego County.
At one point, the driver hopped a curb and drove onto a sidewalk to avoid cars stopped at an intersection in Pico Rivera. The truck appeared to scrape a fence before nearly striking a bus at the intersection.
The driver then entered the 605 Freeway in Whittier and went the wrong way on several streets in the community southeast of downtown Los Angeles before returning to the freeway.
The driver remained on the freeway through Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk and other communities in southern Los Angeles County.
In Long Beach, a harrowing chain of events unfolded when the driver plowed through cars stopped at an intersection and struck several other vehicles before crashing in front of a Sherwin-Williams Paint Store on Termino Avenue. The driver walked away, but was taken into custody a few blocks away.
At least nine cars were involved in about four separate crashes near the end of the pursuit, leaving a trail of shattered glass and other debris on Seventh Street for blocks.
It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured, but at least two people were transported from the scene in an ambulance.
