A driver of an enormous personalized pickup truck led sheriff’s deputies on a chase by means of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley after which crashed right into a pole whereas leaving a Taco Bell parking zone.
The driving force surrendered and was taken into custody on suspicion of felony evading and possession of a stolen automotive. DUI expenses are additionally doable, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
The automobile was described as a modified Ford F-550 6×6 valued at $350,000.
Customizer Dave Sparks — often called Heavy D on the Discovery Channel present “Diesel Brothers” — mentioned in an Instagram publish that the six-wheel truck was owned by a consumer, movie star DJ Marshmello, and that it had been stolen whereas at was at a dealership being serviced.
The theft was reported round 7 p.m. from a dealership in Van Nuys, in keeping with TV station KCAL.
Round 9 p.m., sheriff’s deputies noticed the truck being pushed “recklessly” within the Malibu Canyon space and began the pursuit, mentioned a spokesperson on the Misplaced Hills station of the Los Angeles County sheriff’s workplace.
For some time, the truck was southbound on Freeway 101, then the driving force bought off the freeway and started roaming the floor streets of the Van Nuys and Valley Glen neighborhoods, ignoring site visitors lights and driving on the fallacious aspect of the highway.
Trailed by deputies and CHP officers — and with a information helicopter hovering above — the driving force lastly took the 26-foot-long truck into the U-shaped parking zone of a Taco Bell at Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Vanowen Road round 10 p.m. Upon exiting the lot, he failed to barter the flip and ran right into a utility pole, knocking it over.
The driving force then gave himself as much as the pursuing deputies. His identification has not been launched.
The truck is of the kind often called the Hennessey VelociRaptor, a customized creation whose house owners embody musician Put up Malone and West Coast Choppers founder Jesse James. It weighs about 6,500 kilos.
