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Six people were injured, two of them seriously, when a police pursuit ended in a five-car crash Monday evening in Glendora, authorities said.
At about 5:45 p.m., officers with the Azusa Police Department were pursuing an Acura Integra that had been reported stolen, said Officer Rodrigo Jimenez, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol’s Baldwin Park office.
The car was headed south on Barranca Avenue in unincorporated Glendora when it crossed the center median and struck a Toyota Camry in the intersection of Barranca Avenue and Arrow Highway, Jimenez said.
The collision caused a “chain reaction,” striking three more cars in the intersection, Jimenez said. The crash ejected the driver of the stolen car, who was not wearing a seatbelt, he said. The driver and the sole passenger in the car suffered major injuries and were taken to a hospital.
LOS ANGELES (AP) A California driver who said he had used a mannequin as his passenger for at least a year and a half in order to access carpool lanes has been cited and faces a fine of at least.
By Clint
Mar 2, 2021
A driver in California was recently caught with an incredibly realistic mannequin riding shotgun, all so he could use the carpool lane.
Last month, Highway Patrol Officer Rodrigo Jimenez was keeping an eye on traffic when he noticed something odd when a Toyota Tacoma zipped past him.
Jimenez decided to pull the driver over and, as he was walking up to the vehicle, discovered that there was a mannequin in the passenger seat.
The life-size doll, which sported a full head of hair and some remarkably realistic wrinkles on its face, was wearing a red flannel shirt, a Cleveland Indians baseball cap, glasses, and a face mask.
Authorities in California couldn't help but marvel at the length one motorist went to in order to use the carpool lane when the driver was caught with an incredibly realistic mannequin riding shotgun.