125 mph speeding sedan causes multi-vehicle carnage in San Fernando Valley
At least five vehicles sustained major damage Friday morning in the San Fernando Valley when a pursuit of a speeding driver ended in a violent crash.
It happened around 7:40 a.m. in the North Hills neighborhood shortly after the California Highway Patrol abandoned the pursuit due to safety concerns.
Minutes earlier, CHP officers spotted a white Honda Civic traveling on the 405 Freeway at speeds of about 125 mph. Officers tried to pull the vehicle over, but the driver fled.
Within minutes the chase was called off due to potential danger as the driver left the freeway onto surface streets.
Video shared with KTLA showed the carnage that ensued after that same vehicle collided with a turning pickup truck on the 15400 block of Nordhoff Street.
The pickup attempted to make a left turn into a parking lot when the speeding sedan arrived in a flash, smashing into the passenger side of the truck and careening out of control. The sedan hit several parked cars, sending debris across the roadway, and the pickup rotated violently into oncoming traffic into a moving vehicle.
At least five vehicles were involved in two separate crashes.
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the scene and transported two people to a local hospital. CHP officials confirmed one of those transported was the suspect driver.
The conditions of those injured was not disclosed. The crash remains under investigation.
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