Officers Run Over, Kill Driver After Chase
Police officers ran over and killed the driver of an alleged stolen car after a chase through city streets, authorities said Wednesday.
The man, identified as Jose Serrano, 20, of Bell Gardens, died at Harbor General-UCLA Medical Center shortly after the Tuesday night chase, said Torrance Police Lt. Dennis Frandsen. The chase began just after 10 p.m., when Officers Ricardo Rivera and Ronald Pobuda spotted a car matching the description of a stolen vehicle. The driver refused to stop and led the officers on a chase that reached speeds of 70 m.p.h.
The chase ended when the fleeing car struck a curb. As the vehicle slowed down, it was struck from the rear by the police car, Frandsen said. When they got out of their car, the officers realized they also had run over a man thought to be the vehicle’s driver. Frandsen said the man had either gotten out of the car or had fallen out.
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