Stolen Box Truck Crashes In Boyle Heights; Pursuit Suspect In Custody

(FOX 11 / CNS) A man driving a stolen box truck led authorities on a chase Monday from the Santa Clarita area to Boyle Heights, where he crashed the vehicle and was taken into custody.

The chase on the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway began shortly after 9 a.m., and continued on the freeway to an area just east of downtown Los Angeles.

The man then drove off the side of the freeway and across a field, and crashed the truck into a concrete berm at the side of a roadway.

The motorist then abandoned the truck, ran into a Boyle Heights neighborhood shortly before 10 a.m. and sat on a curb waiting for officers. He surrendered without incident upon the officers' arrival.