Police pursuit spans 3 counties as driver heads wrong way on freeway, flees to Denny’s
A woman suspected of stealing a utility truck led La Habra police on a multi-county pursuit late Monday that ended with a confrontation at a Denny’s in Corona, according to authorities.
Toward the end of the hourlong pursuit, according to KTLA-TV Channel 5 footage, several police cruisers blocked the truck in a dead-end street in Corona. But the driver smashed through a line of trees and rammed through a chain-link fence before driving onto a freeway headed in the wrong direction. The vehicle’s tires were smoking.
KTLA reported the pursuit began around 8:15 p.m. in the city of La Habra. It continued at a slow pace through Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties before the driver exited the 91 Freeway in Corona.
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After exiting the freeway, the clash with law enforcement occurred. After the driver entered the freeway again headed in the wrong direction, she eventually exited the truck and ran into a nearby Denny’s restaurant, as seen in KTLA aerial footage.
Police surrounded the Denny’s and arrested the woman around 10 p.m., according to authorities.
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