{"id":92939,"date":"2020-05-02T10:38:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T17:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=92939"},"modified":"2020-05-02T10:38:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T17:38:32","slug":"brief-police-pursuit-in-palmdale-ends-in-crash-suspect-escapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/05\/02\/brief-police-pursuit-in-palmdale-ends-in-crash-suspect-escapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief police pursuit in Palmdale ends in crash; suspect escapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-91048\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Police-chase.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Police-chase.jpg 384w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Police-chase-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PALMDALE &#8211; A driver escaped arrest Friday night after leading authorities on a short pursuit that ended in a crash, knocked down a power pole and sparked a fire.<\/p>\n<p>It started around 9:20 p.m. Friday, May 1, in the area of Palmdale Boulevard and Division Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department.<\/p>\n<p>A deputy spotted the driver of a Toyota Sienna driving recklessly and attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver fled and a pursuit began, sheriff&#8217;s officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 90 seconds after the pursuit started, the driver went through a dead-end near Division Street and East Avenue R-8 and crashed into a power pole, knocking the pole down and a causing power outage in the area, the LASD said.<\/p>\n<p>The crash also sparked a fire and firefighters had a difficult time fighting the flames due to live electrical wires on the ground, sources at the scene said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was able to escape. A detailed description of the suspect was not available.<\/p>\n<p>No deputies were hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Power was restored to residents within about an hour.<\/p>\n<p>No further information on the incident was immediately available Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; A driver escaped arrest Friday night after leading authorities on a short pursuit that ended in a crash, knocked down a power pole and sparked a fire. It started around 9:20 p.m. Friday, May 1, in the area of Palmdale Boulevard and Division Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department. A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}