Police Chase Ends ‘Like Grand Theft Auto’ When Truck Goes into Gold Line Tunnel

A high-speed chase on Tuesday night ended in riveting fashion even by L.A. standards — a suspected stolen vehicle led authorities on a chase from Huntington Park and finished when the driver took the truck into a Gold Line train tunnel in Boyle Heights.

The alleged male driver is identified as 27-year-old Rafael Lopez of Los Angeles, said Huntington Park Police Lt. Al Martinez. Lopez was caught, but a female passenger suspect was still at large, reports said. During the pursuit, one person was slightly injured and transported to a hospital when the stolen truck slammed into a taxi.

For people watching the news in bed or reacting on social media, the live helicopter coverage of the chase turned surreal when the truck crawled onto the tracks between the Soto and Indiana stations, and then disappeared into a down-sloping tunnel for the Gold Line trains.