A man stole a Los Angeles Police Department patrol SUV with an officer inside the vehicle Sunday morning and crashed into several cars at a downtown Los Angeles intersection.
An officer was working as part of a security detail downtown at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday when she was attacked by a man who jumped in the patrol SUV and took off, police said. At some point, the officer was ejected from the SUV, NBC Los Angeles reports.
The man crashed into several cars, scooters and a bike rack during the brief chase before abandoning the SUV. He was arrested a short time later.
At least three people, including the officer, were injured, but none suffered life-threatening injuries.