WATCH: Police chase SUV onto Los Angeles airport runway
“I have seen a lot of pursuits in my time and this is a first for me'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Video shows a wild chase in which police pursued a man in an SUV onto the runway of a Los Angeles airport as planes were preparing to take off and land nearby.
It happened Friday morning at busy Van Nuys Airport. The motorist was taken into custody.
As a news chopper from Fox 11 Los Angeles recorded the action, a news anchor tells a colleague: “I have seen a lot of pursuits in my time and this is a first for me. I kind of don’t have words but again it is 2020 and we would expect that even the pursuits would take a bizarre turn.”
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Airport police told the station that the motorist breached security at a construction site near the airport grounds.
Police said the motorist was rambling about the "federal government" and "Mexican drug cartels."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}At times, the person behind the wheel could be seen sticking his hands out of the sunroof.
Police tried to bring the SUV to a stop several times using special driving maneuvers.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 20-minute chase came to an end when the driver crashed into a fence.