Armored car rams suspected stolen large rig in dramatic police pursuit

A wild scene unfolded in entrance of motorists in Buena Park on Wednesday morning after the driving force of a suspected stolen large rig refused to cease for police and led officers on a chase throughout a number of counties, with the chase ending after an armored car obtained concerned to assist pin the truck in.

The massive rig, which was not hauling something on the time of the chase, was lastly reined by a number of unmarked autos and Fontana police at Seaside Boulevard and Franklin Avenue simply after 11 a.m., the place two males contained in the car exited at gunpoint.

There have been a number of tense moments within the chase main as much as its conclusion.

At one level throughout the chase, which was broadcast dwell on KTLA, the massive rig pulled to the aspect of the street and its passenger communicated with a pedestrian earlier than transferring on. Later, the massive rig pulled up alongside an SUV and the passenger appeared to select up an merchandise, concerning the measurement of a telephone, set on high of the SUV’s roof.

Then, an armored car often known as a BearCat, broadsided the massive rig in an try and cease it. Armored autos should not usually concerned in police pursuits. Fontana Police Officer Steven Reed, who was on the air with KTLA, mentioned he did know know the place the BearCat got here from or the way it obtained concerned.

A giant rig pursuit included an tried pit maneuver by an armored car referred to as a BearCat.

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A number of different unmarked SUVs with officers sporting tactical vests have been additionally chasing the SUV, which was reportedly being pursued as a result of its license plate didn’t match the car, Reed mentioned.

The chase in the end got here to an finish after the BearCat managed to get in entrance of the car and reduce off its path. An officer inside emerged from a porthole on the high of the car and educated a rifle on the passengers inside the massive rig. They shortly surrendered as officers swarmed the intersection.

Reed mentioned chasing a giant rig brings different components into play past an everyday police chase.

“There’s much more to observe on an even bigger car like that and attempting to observe contained in the car and see what actions they’re doing,” he mentioned. “Entry might be totally different and there might be weapons contained in the car.”