Posted on 10/21/2025 8:43:11 AM PDT by lowbridge
Live TV footage of a California police chase ended in horror as a fleeing suspect was mowed down and killed by a passing car before the cameras could cut away.
A chopper for CBS Los Angeles was filming police chasing a suspected thief in a stolen white van through Chinatown on Monday when the driver headed onto the 110 Freeway, coming to a near stop.
The driver then climbed out the van’s window as it was still moving slowly forward, then immediately tried to climb over the median.
However, he stumbled — and immediately got mowed down by a passing car as he got to his feet and moved forward, with the camera panning back quickly showing other cars also unable to stop.
“Oh my God! Oh no, oh no, ” a horrified anchor gasped, as someone else orders the cameraman to keep the shot “wide” as “he got hit.”
When the live feed cut to the studio, the hosts were seen with their jaws wide open at having just seen — and showed — a man’s death.
The man was struck by two cars, according to KTLA.
Police attempted life-saving measures as they awaited the arrival of paramedics with the LA Fire Department, according to footage from KTLA.
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JAFO - Jaywalks Around, Finds Out.
Instant Karma’s gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you’re gonna be dead
The stolen car looks great, the one who moved the the perp, I do not know.
My friend hit a deer once at full speed and the car looked very bad.
Human is about the size of a deer, I guess.
You spelled “jubilation” wrong.
Comedy Gold.
LOL
Real-life Frogger.
No pity from me - don’t steal cars and you avoid all of this.
The real victims are the poor drivers that hit the fleeing felon.
One less car thief to worry about.
You do not have to be criminally liable to be sued.
Comedy Gold.
Play “Yakkety Sax” over it.
YOU BETCHA
“hosts were seen with their jaws wide open at having just seen — and showed — a man’s death”
Oh spare me. Who would have thought that watching some idiot zigzag around cars on a major freeway might lead to injury or death?
The “news” shows this stuff as entertainment.
“Get the widow on the set!”
Sounds like the city as the county save a lot in legal fees,.jail costs and welp the recivitis rate is zero in cases like this yep happy ending. The only good crook is a dead crook. They are like commies that way.
Not the first time, a couple of years ago they were showing a motorcycle chase when the perp hit something and went flying from the bike and hit an obstacle on the side of the road. They never determined whether he was dead before or after he hit the final obstacle.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/s8tncp/crazy_fatal_motorcycle_chase_through_la/
Oh well.
Did he FA?
Yes.
Did he FO?
Also yes.
This is as it should be.
L
By my job a guy went blazing down the highway offramp, t boned a pickup truck then flew in “superman” pose for about 150 foot.
They were bagging him up when I arrived to get to work.
Only difference there was, he wasn’t running from cops.
Years before that my then wife and I were driving back from my brother’s place.
We were going into the top of what is called “Hawk’s Nest” and this motorcycle being chased by cops was navigating his way up towards us through this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/johlmo/the_beautiful_winding_road_of_hawks_nest_highway/
Well, he ate crap on one of the last curves.
Pinballing through the final curve or 3 before his body rolled to a stop in front of us.
Heads aren’t supposed to face that way.
This should be the result of every police chase.
A happy ending.
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