Los Angelenos (Los Angelites?) see fatal high speed chase live

[samhexum]

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.

Sgt. Borihanh said police vehicles did not pursue the motorcyclist.

A local CBS news station following the pursuit caught the violent impact live on air.

“Oh my Gosh!” the anchor said while clasping her hands to her face. “We have just seen — sorry, we just saw that motorcycle crash into a car there at the intersection.”

Borihanh said the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.

https://nypost.com/2022/01/20/motorcymotorcyclist-fleeing-lapd-dies-in-horrendous-crashclist-killed-in-lapd-pursuit/

 

Edited January 22, 2022 by samhexum
Just for the hell of it.

[jeezifonly]

Well, now I see what I missed tuning into the 11:00 news at 11:05. The only people who need to know of a high speed chase in real time are drivers who aren’t watching. The station got what it sent the camera to do, as did their viewers. 

[+ azdr0710]

Angelenos

[+ pdxleo]

I guess I always thought that those "live at Five" chopper-car chases were on a few seconds tape delay, just to avoid a live broadcast of a suicide crash like we saw here.

[+ glutes]

On The Lam Cam, I always tune in.