Report: Driver Dead
after Long Pursuit
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The driver of a white Bentley who led police on a three-hour slow speed chase on Los Angeles freeways has stopped on a street in Universal City north of Hollywood, but has yet to surrender to authorities.
California Highway Patrol and police officers with guns drawn are surrounding the car, which has its trunk open.
Los Angeles police Officer Karen Smith says the chase began shortly before 8 p.m. Monday on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood before the car pulled over on the same street more than three hours later.
Smith says the driver is wanted for assault with a deadly weapon on his girlfriend and the car has Illinois plates.
Driving less than 40 mph, the driver of the $100,000-plus car began leading officers southbound on the Hollywood Freeway, and kept heading south nearly to the coast, then headed back north before pulling over near where the chase began.
Update 12:55 am ? The driver of the Bentley has been found dead. Initial reports say it is a result of a suicide.
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