- Footage captured the woman weaving into oncoming traffic during the chase.
- She crashed into several cars and sped past police before being arrested.
- The driver showed a terrifying blood-stained smile when she was stopped.
Terrifying footage captured the blood-stained smile of a woman who led Los Angeles police officers on a high-speed chase through oncoming traffic.
The disturbed driver, who has not been identified, weaved in and out of traffic while colliding with several vehicles, including police cars that were pursuing her along the 405 Freeway.
It reached speeds in excess of 100mph before the chase came to a dramatic conclusion when the driver crashed his white van into a stopped car at speed before exiting.
The woman tried to climb a large truck when police surrounded her with Tasers, before flashing a blood-stained smile at witnesses as she was detained.
Terrifying footage captured the blood-stained smile of a woman who led Los Angeles police on a high-speed chase through oncoming traffic on Friday.
The chase unfolded shortly after 4 a.m. in Venice, California, when police received reports that a female motorist had caused a “disturbance,” reports the Los Angeles Times.
The exact reason for the reports is unclear, and the Los Angeles Police Department told DailyMail.com it could not provide details about the arrest until the suspect was officially taken into custody.
The department added that it hopes to identify the woman and announce charges later.
When police arrived at the scene, he allegedly crashed into a police cruiser and sped away. At one point, she turned around to intentionally hit a patrol car that was backing toward her to stop her.
Helicopter footage captured by KTLA-TV showed the driver narrowly avoiding a head-on collision with one of the police cars pursuing her, before swerving onto the 405 Freeway.
Driving in the wrong direction, the woman sped past traffic as commuters headed to work and dropped their children off at school in the early-morning darkness.
The chase came to a dramatic end when the suspect crashed into oncoming traffic before exiting her vehicle and getting into a large truck.
A police cruiser also collided with the side of the white truck during the chase, but the driver did not seem bothered when she was hit and continued to speed away.
She appeared to purposely slow down to crash into the bumper of a vehicle at one point, and several other cars on the highway were forced to swerve out of her path to avoid being hit as well.
A police cruiser also collided with the side of the white truck during the chase, but the driver did not seem bothered when she was hit and continued to speed away.
With several police cars in pursuit, the daring chase came to an end when the driver accelerated dangerously into a sedan, which was among dozens of stopped cars on the highway as it headed toward them.
The man inside the sedan, identified as a man named Rudolf, was trapped in his vehicle by the head-on collision but uninjured.
He was forced to wait for police to break the window and rescue him, and told reporters at the scene that he felt “blessed” to have made it out alive.
After her path was blocked by dozens of cars on the freeway, the woman climbed onto the hood of a large truck and sat there while police officers pointed Tasers at her.
The woman was detained and taken to the hospital, and at least one LAPD officer was also transported to the hospital for injuries sustained in the chase.
The suspect then got out of her car and onto a large truck that was stopped next to her, and sat on the hood while police surrounded her.
She was detained, handcuffed and reportedly taken to an ambulance.
It is unclear if she was injured, images of the woman show she had a large amount of blood on her face and around her mouth.
At least one LAPD officer was also transported to the hospital for injuries sustained in the chase.