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Azusa -- Police from 12 different agencies - including Azusa, Irwindale, Baldwin Park, West Covina and Riverside - cracked down early Sunday on a crowd allegedly gathered for street racing in the Pomona Valley.
The grant-funded task force of officers surprised more than 180 people at 12:45 a.m. Sunday when they converged on the crowd in the 5200 block of East Airport Drive, according to Ontario police Detective Jeff Higbee.
Officers detained and ticketed 184 people for being spectators, and arrested three alleged racers, including one who acted as a flagger to signal race starts, Ontario police Sgt. David McBride said in a phone interview.
An estimated total of 74 vehicles were impounded due to the drivers and passengers being detained and cited, Higbee said.
More than a quarter of those detained and cited were under age 18, Higbee said. A total of 47 youngsters were also cited for being in violation of a 10 p.m. curfew that applies to anyone under age 18 who is out without a parent or legal guardian, Higbee said.
Popular street racing culture and Hollywood interpretations of the lifestyle are founded in part on the reality of illegal street racing in the vast mall parking lots of the Inland Empire and Ontario International Airport. Many participants get thrills from playing cat-and-mouse with police on nights when patrols are light.
But sometimes speed contests in the Ontario area end in deaths, including those of innocents who were not racing, police said.
Funding for the multi-agency crackdown today was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Watch out now!
I heard about this sunday morning at work. My co-wokwer told me about this. He didnt tell me too much details because he didnt remember.
I didnt see the video and news report till today while I was on the zilvia forum.
Video: Street Racing Bust
Azusa -- Police from 12 different agencies - including Azusa, Irwindale, Baldwin Park, West Covina and Riverside - cracked down early Sunday on a crowd allegedly gathered for street racing in the Pomona Valley.
The grant-funded task force of officers surprised more than 180 people at 12:45 a.m. Sunday when they converged on the crowd in the 5200 block of East Airport Drive, according to Ontario police Detective Jeff Higbee.
Officers detained and ticketed 184 people for being spectators, and arrested three alleged racers, including one who acted as a flagger to signal race starts, Ontario police Sgt. David McBride said in a phone interview.
An estimated total of 74 vehicles were impounded due to the drivers and passengers being detained and cited, Higbee said.
More than a quarter of those detained and cited were under age 18, Higbee said. A total of 47 youngsters were also cited for being in violation of a 10 p.m. curfew that applies to anyone under age 18 who is out without a parent or legal guardian, Higbee said.
Popular street racing culture and Hollywood interpretations of the lifestyle are founded in part on the reality of illegal street racing in the vast mall parking lots of the Inland Empire and Ontario International Airport. Many participants get thrills from playing cat-and-mouse with police on nights when patrols are light.
But sometimes speed contests in the Ontario area end in deaths, including those of innocents who were not racing, police said.
Funding for the multi-agency crackdown today was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Watch out now!
I heard about this sunday morning at work. My co-wokwer told me about this. He didnt tell me too much details because he didnt remember.
I didnt see the video and news report till today while I was on the zilvia forum.
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