DEALER OFFERS REPLACEMENT FOR RANGE ROVER IN CHASE.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer ENCINO - An Encino car dealer has offered a Range Rover
In return, the dealership will put the carjacked woman's damaged vehicle on display at its Land Rover See LANRover. Encino shop to show just how tough the vehicle is. ``We wanted to make sure that we got her car to show customers how safe it is,'' said Sudhir Sood, the general manager of Land Rover Encino. ``It was a light-hearted gesture.'' Sood said the Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. woman who owned the car contacted the dealership Friday to inquire about service on the vehicle. They got to talking, and he made an offer - the dealer would replace her 1993 vehicle with a similar used model, in exchange for hers. They expect to soon finalize the transaction. The woman's name was not released. The woman's Range Rover was badly damaged during a televised police pursuit Thursday when authorities said a 17-year-old boy carjacked the vehicle, drove over a spike strip A spike strip (also known as a stinger or stop stick, and formally known as a tire deflation device), is a device used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires. that shredded the vehicle's front tires and continued driving until the rims ground down to the axle. The teen was arrested without incident about 10 miles south of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , after leading police on a chase from West Hollywood. |
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