Crime & Safety
VIDEO: Fleeing Driver U-Turns in Chatsworth, Clips a Car, Flips Another
Suspect speeds at 100 mph on four Southland freeways.
A suspected drunken driver leading police on a high-speed chase Friday night turned around in Chatsworth, zoomed on four Southland freeways, sideswiped one vehicle and flipped another before being taken into custody in Hollywood.
The chase began just before 8 p.m. in Burbank, according to the California Highway Patrol.
In Chatsworth, headed towards Simi Valley, the suspect got off the freeway and immediately turned and went eastbound.
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The suspect traveled at speeds exceeding 100 mph at times on the Golden State (5), Ronald Reagan (118), Hollywood (170) and Hollywood (101) freeways where a tire on the black Mercedes-Benz blew out, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The suspect exited the freeway at Highland Avenue and side-swiped one vehicle and flipped another on Franklin Avenue just before the chase ended underneath the Hollywood Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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The man who told reporters he was 24-year-old Vartan Aslanian from Hollywood was wide-eyed as the answered questions, according to KNBC4.
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