Helicopter footage of the near-30-minute chase was being broadcast on KCBS-TV when the suspect was shown emerging from a van in the Mount Washington neighborhood in an apparent attempt to flee. The man is seen hopping over a divider on the 110 Freeway before a car in the opposing lane speeds by, striking him as the camera had zoomed in.
And modern day male news anchors aren't made of The Right Stuff anymore, it seems...
'Whoa, wow! Oh my god! Oh no! Oh no!' weekday anchor Juan Fernandez could be heard saying. 'Stay wide, stay wide, he got hit,' said assignment editor Mike Rogers, instructing the cameraperson to pull back.
Surely the possibility for this sort of thing exists with every live police chase? Well, not everyone lost their shit:
The feed then cut to the studio, where Fernandez was shown with his mouth open and face frozen, with a hand on his cheek. His co-anchor, Suzie Suh, kept her composure to speak to viewers. 'We just saw the person who was being pursued get out of their car and actually get hit by another speeding car,' she said.
The only thing she did wrong was not to look at the camera, shrug, and say 'Shit happens!'...
Animal control were also called to the scene to remove a dog from the inside the van, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
If the dog had got out and been run over, Pussy Juan's reaction might have been a little more understandable.
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