Officers are pursuing the driver of a cargo van on streets and freeways in the Alhambra and downtown Los Angeles areas.
The pursuit began in Alhambra before entering downtown Los Angeles, where the van plowed through a center divider on the 101 Freeway.
The driver was on streets in downtown LA at about 10 a.m. before returning to Alhambra. The van stopped on a residential street, where the driver got out, but then returned to the van and took off as police approached.
Police later pulled off the chase into tracking mode.
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An hour after the chase began, the driver-- stopped at an intersection -- exchanged a fist bump with a man who apparently got out of another car. Minutes later, the driver got out of the van and entered the passenger side of a MINI Cooper that drove off.
The driver surrendered a few blocks later and was taken into custody.
The chase began after a report of a stolen vehicle.
