CHP Roadblock Ends Wrong-Way Freeway Chase

A driver speeding north in the southbound lanes of the San Diego Freeway in a stolen pickup truck led police on a 25-mile chase Tuesday through rush-hour traffic from Fountain Valley to Torrance, where officers finally blocked all lanes of the freeway.

During the chase, the driver of the silver and black pickup reportedly tried to ram police cars and motorcycle officers who had stopped traffic along the chase route. No injuries were reported.

The identities of the driver and his passenger, both juveniles from El Monte, were not immediately available.

The suspects, who traveled more than 30 minutes at speeds up to 70 m.p.h. on the wrong side of the freeway, were stopped at Normandie Avenue by a blockade of California Highway Patrol cars across all southbound lanes. Throughout the chase, the suspects drove near the center divider on the median strip, officers said.