A horrifying new video shows the suspect in the Culver City vehicular rampage plowing into a teenager as he fled from the cops.
The police footage shows a white car speeding away from cops until veering into a 19-year-old crossing the street.
Juan Luis Estrada, 45, of Perris allegedly struck eight pedestrians as he fled officers on Tuesday, before he crashed in a McDonald’s drive-thru and cops nabbed him.
He allegedly injured an officer at the end of the chase, but the cop is in stable condition, officials say.
Police detailed the suspect hit one person following a report of a hit-and-run crash around 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
Cops were able to find the man after he tried to fill up at a gas station and hit three other pedestrians. As police chased the man, he collided with four other pedestrians.
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Victims from the driving rampage range from aged 15 to 70.
It’s unclear why the man hit the pedestrians, and it’s unclear if his actions were intentional. Culver City police say the man put the community in danger with his actions.
“Recognizing the severity of this suspect’s actions and the recklessness and the danger he was putting our community in – that was why our officers continued to engage in pursuing him….
“He clearly had no regard for human life on the road,” Jennifer Atenza, public information officer for the Culver City Police Department, told ABC 7.
Estrada has been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder, felony hit-and-run, and a litany of other charges.
He’s being held on $4.15 million bail, according to inmate records. The investigation into his alleged crimes is ongoing.
