The driver of a possibly stolen truck drove down a river embankment Friday while trying to evade law enforcement during a pursuit that ended in Norwalk.
The pursuit began sometime before 4:30 p.m. after police in Ontario received a notice of a truck stolen earlier in the day in Tustin. While traveling through Whittier, Santa Fe Springs and Norwalk, the driver recklessly drove on the wrong side of the road several times and cut off other motorists in an effort to flee from police.
In a desperate attempt to get rid of law enforcement, the driver went off the road of the eastbound 105, driving on the dirt until reaching the edge of an embankment of the San Gabriel Riverbed. The truck then went down the embankment, coming to a stop at the bottom.
The suspect, who was later identified as Joshua Mikulay of Norwalk, ditched the truck and ran toward a homeless encampment. According to the Ontario Police Department, Mikulay had been living in the encampment.
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After a brief search, police arrested Mikulay on suspicion of assault on a police officer and evading while driving into opposing traffic. Police said he has an "extensive criminal history."
