Motorcyclist fleeing LAPD dies in head-on crash broadcast live on TV

New York Post ^ | January 20, 2022 7:47pm | Marjorie Hernandez

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A speeding motorcyclist who was being tracked by a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter was killed in a brutal head-on crash during the chase.

The unidentified cyclist was speeding down Roscoe Boulevard in West Hills, Calif. at about 1 p.m. on Thursday before slamming head-on into a vehicle making a left turn.

Cops initially ran the license plate and determined the motorcycle was stolen, LAPD spokesman Sgt. Bruce Borihanh told the Post.

The officers then called on an LAPD helicopter to track the motorcyclist, who took off at a high speed.

[peggybac]

When I lived in LA, I remember watching the networks stuck on a guy on an overpass wigging out about something. They showed him light his truck on fire with his dog inside then lean against the railing with a rifle and kill himself. It was so sad for the dog. I’ve never forgotten it.

[ytrebil]

Bad ass

After that collision, his ass and most other parts of his body are in bad shape.

[LibWhacker]

Have they released his identity yet? My schadenfreude won't be complete until I know who he is was.

[tflabo]

Force = mass x velocity.

[Track9]

Sometimes you’re the windshield sometimes you’re the bug.

[the OlLine Rebel]

But was he MASKED?

Oh yeah, all crooks are masked.

[OA5599]

Force = mass x velocity.

Actually that's momentum. Force = mass x acceleration.

[CtBigPat]

OOF!

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes...

[dragnet2]

Intersection once a again.....Left turned right in front of him...He had time to blink prior to impact..That’s it.

[nutmeg]

I feel sorry for the car driver though.

Same here. Hope everyone in that car is OK. Horrible crash...

Hubby and I were out in Los Angeles in November visiting family. The entire area seems like a lawless, foreign hellhole to me. FAR from 'The Golden State' it once was.

[2CAVTrooper]

Had one here in Montgomery AL about 15 or so years ago. Moron on a rice burning crotch rocket came around a curve, accelerated to over 120mph and t-boned a minivan that was pulling into a parking lot.

The minivan was almost cut clean in half, what was left of the moron was found 100ft down the road, and the bike was another 150ft further down from there.

[Trillian]

It doesn't take long to become a meme.

[minnesota_bound]

Roscoe Blvd, West Hills is just a mile away down Topanga blvd from me.
Fallbrook from Topanga is maybe 2 miles west from there.

[Glad2bnuts]

I wonder if he said WHEeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[rlmorel]

That was my only thought. I didn’t care about the motorcycle person, honestly.

But the driver of the car he hit will see that in his head for a long time.

[airedale]

He was launched at least 25 high in the air don’t know how far

[grey_whiskers]

That’s momentum.
Force = m*a

[dfwgator]

“First you say it, then you do it!”

[Hoosier-Daddy]

The driver in the vehicle gets the ticket for not turning in safety.

[2CAVTrooper]