UPDATE: A woman stole an elderly transport shuttle with a 93-year-old cancer patient still inside. The man held on for dear life as the possibly homeless woman did donuts with the passenger door wide open.
A police chase involving a health care facility's van and a 93-year-old kidnapping victim ended Thursday morning in Van Nuys when the driver pulled over and surrendered without incident.
The incident began at around 9:05 a.m. Thursday morning when the LAPD got a call saying that someone had stolen an elderly transport shuttle with an elderly cancer patient still inside. The shuttle's driver had gotten out of the vehicle to help pick up another rider at a stop when the suspect, a woman who is possibly homeless, jumped inside the driver's seat and started driving with the shuttle's passenger door still open.
The van's side door remained open throughout the pursuit, which made its way through surface streets in the San Fernando Valley while the victim, all with the elderly man inside holding on for dear life. AIR7HD caught the pursuit as it was unfolding, showing the driver at one point doing donuts at an intersection.
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