A motorist originally wanted for reckless driving and speeding led California Highway Patrol officers on a nearly two-hour pursuit from Calabasas, through Encino and south into the South Bay area Tuesday before driving under a thick marine layer and away from law enforcement helicopters.
The pursuit started at 4:58 p.m. when a CHP officer pulled over the gray car on the eastbound Ventura (101) Freeway in Calabasas, said CHP Officer Elizabeth Kravig.
CHP helicopters left the chase at 6:46 p.m. when the suspect drove beneath a thick marine layer north on Pacific Coast Highway toward Rancho Palos Verdes.
After the pursuit started in the West San Fernando Valley, the CHP deferred to the Los Angeles Police Department when the car got off the freeway and the driver led officers on streets in Encino and Sherman Oaks.
The car entered the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway on the Ventura Boulevard on-ramp and at speeds up to 100 mph exiting in the Lawndale area. The driver returned to the San Diego Freeway and going southbound to Wilmington Boulevard eventually getting on the Pacific Coast Highway.
NBC4 reported the driver pulled over for the CHP officer on the Ventura Freeway and handed over a driver’s license before taking off.