Overlook a getaway automotive.
A person wished for carjacking tried to flee from police on a skateboard in Los Angeles final month.
In footage launched by police Friday, Pedro Villalobos may be seen abruptly leaping out of a stolen pick-up truck holding a skateboard after dropping management of the car in a police chase.
Half a dozen cops, who had pursued Villalobos on the erratic and harmful 6 a.m. chase, had their weapons raised when he deserted the truck pulling an connected trailer.
“Cease, cease! Let me see your fingers!” the cops may be heard warning.
As an alternative, Villalobos — donning a hard-to-miss reflective, yellow vest — took off down the darkish road and easily jumped onto the skateboard, video exhibits.
“A number of officers pursued Villalobos on foot whereas extra models drove previous Villalobos’ place,” LA police stated in a press release.
The accused criminal didn’t make it very far, nonetheless.
An officer that drove previous Villalobos’ path jumped out of his cruiser and pushed him off his board as he tried to swerve across the cop.
Villalobos fell to the bottom and was shortly coated by 4 officers.
The suspect was taken to a hospital for remedy of an damage to his proper leg that he sustained within the fall, resulting in a police investigation into the incident — the division is required to probe all legislation enforcement-related accidents.
He was later booked on two counts of car theft and one rely of reckless evading.