Aug. 10--The driver of a stolen box truck was taken into custody Monday after trying to drive through a concrete barrier during a pursuit, then abandoning the vehicle before fleeing into a Boyle Heights neighborhood.
The truck pursuit began after 9:30 a.m. near Castaic after Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies tried to pull him over for a stolen vehicle violation, authorities said.
Deputies and the California Highway Patrol followed the truck along the 5 Freeway as it drove between lanes and swerved. The truck crossed into Sylmar, Burbank and Glendale.
At one point, the truck, traveling on the shoulder, appeared to be straddling a freeway wall.
Finally, as the truck reached heavy traffic in Boyle Heights, the driver appeared to drive off the freeway, caught between a row of trash cans and the traffic.
He swerved onto a dirt shoulder and rammed through the concrete barrier at Mission Road.
The driver bolted out of the passenger's side, ran into freeway lanes and off the road into a neighborhood on Boyle Avenue.
After running for a few minutes, the driver stopped and hid between a tree and a Jeep.
Tossing his hat off, the driver lay on the street until several CHP officers took him into custody.
Caltrans was trying to repair the concrete barrier before traffic worsened.
