A motorcyclist wanted for speeding who led authorities on a pursuit in Los Angeles and Orange counties was taken into custody in the Echo Park area in dramatic fashion.
At one point, SkyFOX recorded the suspect reaching speeds up to 90 mph.
By 10:30 a.m., the suspect merged onto the 101 Freeway and into Echo Park. The suspect then got off at the Sunset Boulevard exit where the pursuit continued on surface streets in the Elysian Park area near Dodger Stadium. By 10:35 a.m., the suspect went off-road and took a shortcut over a hiking trail and back onto surface streets on Stadium Way and back onto Sunset Blvd. and eventually, onto Glendale Blvd., as the pursuit continued westbound.
The suspect went back into the area of the hiking trail by 10:45 a.m. and got back onto surface streets in the Echo Park area and into aJust after 10:50 a.m., the motorcyclist came to a stop at an apparent apartment building in Silver Lakewhere the suspect was tackled by CHP officers and taken into custody. A pursuit across Los Angeles and Orange counties came to an end in Echo Park.No further information was immediately released by authorities.
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