Three Los Angeles Police Department officers were hospitalized after a chase involving a man who used a pickup truck to ram their vehicles before being forced to stop due to the use of a Precision Immobilization Technique.
The pursuit began about 9:10 p.m. Saturday, according to an LAPD spokeswoman who was not certain exactly where or how it began.
KCAL was overhead when officers closed in on the truck at 58th Place and Central Avenue he was shown backing the truck into patrol vehicles, which in itself is considered assault on a police officer, the spokeswoman said.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, three officers were injured during the pursuit and transported to a hospital.
An officer attempted a PIT maneuver on Central Avenue but the truck did not spin around and the driver briefly hit speeds into the 70 mph range to get away.
Finally, a PIT maneuver at Alameda and 16th streets spun the truck around so that it could be surrounded by patrol vehicles and the man in a tank top and baggy shorts was taken into custody.