BURBANK, Calif. (KTLA) — A police pursuit involving a worker at a local solar energy company ended after the driver crashed into another vehicle.
It began around 4:30 p.m. Monday as a possible
DUI after police received a call of a man in a work van driving erratically.
Officers tried to pull over the driver of the American Solar Direct van, but he refused to stop.
Instead, the man led officers on a slow chase along surface streets for about 18 minutes — into Sun Valley and back through Burbank.
The chase ended on Buena Vista St. after the van rear-ended another car, spinning it off the road and into a front yard.
At that point, the suspect pulled over and gave up. No one was injured.
American Solar Direct issued a statement saying they were shocked by the employee’s actions and they are “cooperating with authorities regarding the unauthorized actions today involving one of its service technicians and a company vehicle.”
15 Comments to “Solar Energy Worker Leads Police on Pursuit in Utility Truck”
January 21, 2013 at 7:25 PM
Obviously that solar energy company did a very poor job hiring that jerk. I hope it costs them good to learn what they should have already known.
January 21, 2013 at 8:14 PM
"American Solar Direct issued a statement saying they were shocked by the employee’s actions"
And in the solar energy business that could be a problem.
January 22, 2013 at 5:31 PM
Sure hope it was after the job was done! that he used poor judgment that is.
January 21, 2013 at 8:58 PM
And people wonder why companies want to give their employees random pee tests. But he;s an ex-con
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January 21, 2013 at 10:59 PM
this company doesn't give drug test's to new hires, they will give anyone a job since it doesn't cost them a dime 1099
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