6.12.20 | 4:45 AM PDT | Irvine, CA | I-405 & Jamboree Rd
[A member of our LA-OC.tv videography team had a harrowing personal encounter with an allegedly drunk driver early this morning. The following first-person account is offered, along with lower-quality dashcam & rear cam video footage, to share the actual real-time unfolding of a crime in progress. Special hats-off respect to the men and women of our Police departments, Highway Patrol, Fire Fighters, and EMT Medic units who deal with this horror every single day: THANK YOU.]
I was out on assignment when I was seconds away from being hit by a speeding car being driven wildly. I pursued the driver, hoping to be able to call in and report the danger, to help prevent someone's injury or death. The car he was driving had a totally crashed windshield on the driver's side, so the apparently drug-or-alcohol-impaired driver was clearly unable to see ahead while driving - crazy dangerous!
When I encountered him, he was speeding in the oncoming lane over the 405 Freeway on Jamboree Rd in Irvine. He ran a red light while making a U-turn, then entered the nearby Villa Siena apartment community at 25 Palatin, in Irvine, blasted past the security guard kiosk, and rammed the SUV into the heavy security gate at the entrance.
The on-duty Villa Siena security guard ran to assist the driver - apparently a young man of Asian descent - pleading for him to stop, but he continued to try an escape by attempting to drive the disabled Land Rover Discovery SUV. Ultimately one of the security guards commanded the driver to stop and exit the vehicle. When he complied the guard then subdued him until authorities arrived.
Local Irvine police officers responded quickly and conducted a field sobriety test on-site. A second driver (apparently another young man of Asian descent) who was waiting and watching in a car nearby, sped off at a high rate of speed, also driving erratically before police arrived. The driver of the crashed SUV was taken into police custody and arrested at the scene on charges of suspected drunk driving.
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