Transcript for Car strikes person riding scooter during California police chase
here tonight to the horrific scene playing out late today, much of it on live TV in California. A suspect being chased when he runs over a driver on a scooter. That driver survived. The driver, the suspect they were chasing, then surrounded a short time ago, taken into custody. Again, as I mentioned, the driver did survive, but it is difficult to watch. And ABC’s kayna Whitworth from Los Angeles now. Pursuit under way. It’s been going on for some time. Reporter: The high speed chase on one of America’s busiest freeways started with police pursuing this car with a hole in its rear window. Police cruisers keeping their distance when the red older model Honda civic plows down a person riding a scooter in the middle of the road. The force shattering the windshield. You can see police in close pursuit. Reporter: Police now moving in, attempting to take out the vehicle using a pit maneuver, but the driver takes off again. Getting volatile, dangerous, and the suspect not giving in. Reporter: Police trying three more times in three minutes. He’s pulling up on the side here. Bam, yes. And he spins him out. Reporter: At one point, police approach the car on foot, guns drawn, but he takes off. Finally, more than three hours later, and two counties away, officers using a canine to pull the driver out and take him into custody. David, the person on the scooter is expected to be okay. The driver of the car likely facing several charges, including assault with a deadly weapon. David? All right, kayna Whitworth tonight. Kayna, thank you. There are also breaking
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