LA police chase ends with car getting into canal in Pico Rivera

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Van pulls into storm drain mid-police chase

A van vanished after pulling into a storm drain just off the Los Angeles River.

The search is on for the driver wanted in the police chase who took a suspected stolen van into a murky canal in Los Angeles.

What we know:

SkyFOX was over the scene near Pico Rivera on Thursday, August 21 as a suspect led the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on a chase.

At one point, the driver of a white van went off-road and ended up in the riverbed. 

What we don't know:

The suspect then vanished into a storm drain with the white van.

The service tunnel the driver disappeared into was near the Rio Hondo Canal at Washington and Paramount boulevards.

As of 8 p.m., no arrests have been announced in the chase.

Officials did not say how the van may have been stolen.

The Source: This report used information provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and SkyFOX footage.

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