Lt. Orlando Marino of the LAPD Valley Traffic Division said officers discontinued the chase after Lo

About 11.30 p.m. on Friday, Los Angeles police officers were pursuing a 1991 Toyota Camry which had been stolen from a Canoga Park neighborhood earlier in the day, authorities said. Behind the wheel was a man police later identified as Ernesto Jacinto Lopez, 20, of Canoga Park.
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Lopez continued to speed south on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, police said, and a short time later officers saw him strike liberty travel waterbury ct the pedestrian, who was crossing liberty travel waterbury ct eastbound in a northbound crosswalk of Saticoy Street, Marino said.
Instead of stopping, police said, Lopez accelerated southbound until he crashed into a cinderblock wall and a tree, Marino said. The suspect then tried to flee on foot but was soon apprehended by police.
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