As Police Follow, Officer Slams Into Freeway Pillar
An off-duty Los Angeles police officer who was being followed by police accelerated to a high speed and appeared to purposely slam her truck into a concrete freeway pillar in Sun Valley, killing herself, authorities and witnesses said.
The air bag on the vehicle deployed, but the 25-year-old officer from the LAPD’s Foothill Division was pronounced dead at the scene. She was not wearing a seat belt.
LAPD spokesman Lt. Anthony Alba said the collision appeared to be a suicide but that further investigation was needed.
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