A high speed police chase ended with a suspect smashing a van in oncoming traffic before emerging with a bloodied face and shouting at officers on Friday.
Los Angeles Police Department said the chase began after they received a call about a disturbance at 4th St and Rose around 4:22 a.m., with the suspect backing her car into officers.
She then took off with the LAPD in pursuit and making several attempts to stop her. The driver then turned around and drove the wrong way along highway 405, an important highway in the city.
News cameras from the helicopter captured the moment the driver crashed the van into oncoming traffic, with several vehicles damaged.
The suspect, who was not identified, climbed out of the driver’s side window and onto the roof of the van as other drivers got out of their cars and fled to safety.
Officers surrounded the woman as she climbed onto the hood of a truck and leaned back with her hands behind her head.
Cops he pulled her from the truck and arrested her. She was seen with blood covering one side of her face, eyes wide and screaming at the officers.
Meanwhile, the driver of the car she crashed head-on, identified as Rudolph, miraculously survived being trapped inside his vehicle.
“It could always be worse, so I look at the positive side,” he said. told Fox 11. “I’m blessed.”
Other vehicles were heavily damaged in the collision.
The Independent reached out to the LAPD for further comment, but the department said it had nothing to add at this time.
The officers injured in the initial call were transported “in stable condition.”
