101 Fwy Reopens for Morning Drive After Pursuit Ends in Studio City

Several individuals were taken into custody after the driver pulled to the side of the freeway in the San Fernando Valley

A police pursuit involving two men wanted in connection with a burglary ended Friday morning on a San Fernando Valley freeway, backing up traffic at the start of the morning drive.

The burglary report was received at about 6:10 a.m., and police saw the burglars leaving a home in the 1800 block of Ventura Boulevard in the west San Fernando Valley. Officers followed the driver eastbound on the 101 Freeway before the subjects stopped on the side of the road and surrendered at about 6:30 a.m.

The occupants were ordered out of the car as several patrol vehicles blocked eastbound traffic. The road reopened at about 6:45 a.m.

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