Suspected DUI driver in custody after bizarre police chase ends in Watts

Thursday, September 15, 2016
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A woman suspected of DUI was taken into custody in Watts on Wednesday evening after leading LAPD officers on a bizarre and intermittent chase.

The pursuit began shortly after 11 p.m. in the Los Angeles Police Department's Northeast Division, a spokesperson for the agency said, then made its way southbound on the 110 Freeway and into South L.A.
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The driver exited the freeway at Imperial Highway and continued on through the streets of Hawthorne, briefly pulling over several times before again fleeing from police.

After driving over a spike strip deployed by officers, the four-door sedan slowed to a stop on Imperial Highway, aerial footage from AIR 7 HD showed.
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The woman then exited the car and was taken into custody without incident.
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