MAN CRASHES STOLEN CAR; CARJACKING SUSPECT CRITICALLY HURT.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer A 22-year-old carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger suspect was critically injured Thursday when he slammed a stolen car into a telephone pole at 100 mph while a second carjacking suspect sped off in another stolen car, police said. The injured man, Brian Rogers Brian Alan Rogers (born July 17, 1982 in Dallas, Texas) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He made his major league debut as a September call up on September 1, 2006. External Links
A woman was hit over the head during one of the carjackings, but police said she was not seriously injured The casualty status of a person whose injury may or may not require hospitalization; medical authority does not classify as very seriously injured, seriously injured, or incapacitating illness or injury; and the person can communicate with the next of kin. Also called NSI. See also casualty status. . The ordeal began about 9 a.m. Thursday when two men carjacked a black Mustang from a driver in Pacoima at Osborne Street and Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). , police said. The two drove to Westlake and Ventura boulevards, where one of the men attacked a driver and stole her Jeep Cherokee Jeep Cherokee can refer to five different SUV models produced by Jeep from 1974 to the present:
They drove eastbound on Ventura Boulevard, following one another until the driver of the Mustang sped down a hill at Del Moreno Drive, police said. There, he passed a Toyota pickup truck at about 100 mph, lost control and skidded about 250 feet into a power pole, said police and Jennifer McDonough, who was working across the street. ``I was looking out the window and saw him speeding down. He ran the light. I heard the car screeching, and then he crashed,'' McDonough said. The other suspect fled the scene, said Los Angeles police Sgt. Lester Freeman of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. Los Angeles firefighters spent 20 minutes cutting the man out of the Mustang, where he was trapped, said Jim Wells, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . The crash drew a dozen students in physical education class at neighboring Taft High School and other passers-by to run to the scene, where traffic backed up for at least a mile. Daily News Staff Writer Greg Gittrich contributed to this story. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, map PHOTO (1) Firefighters work to rescue a 22-year-old carjacking suspect trapped in the wreckage of a Mustang on Thursday. (2) Rescue workers transport suspect Brian Rogers from the Woodland Hills crash scene near Taft High School. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News Map: Possible carjacking crash |
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