LOS ANGELES – A driver was arrested after running a cyclist off the road in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, causing injury, before plowing through a gate and leading police on a brief chase.
This happened around 8 a.m. Thursday, on Mandeville Canyon Road. The driver of a gray pickup truck hit one of a group of bicyclists, and kept on driving, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The cyclists started filming the driver, as he sped down the street, honking at them.
Then in another clip, the driver is seen plowing through a gate on Mandeville Canyon Road, before continuing on. Witnesses told FOX 11 that the driver was also yelling at the cyclists.
The LAPD told FOX 11 that officers did find a suspect, and started chasing them, but abandoned the chase because the driver was driving too dangerously.
FOX 11 spoke with one of the cyclists from the scene. He recalled having to make a snap judgment when he saw the speeding pickup truck heading towards him.
“If I didn’t throw myself off the road, I was going to be hit by a truck,” said Rufio Sandilands, who has a sling over one of his arms during the interview.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said that the driver also crashed in Malibu before deputies were able to take him into custody in Ventura County.
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