Man takes out three cars
An Inglewood man was arrested this week after he crashed into three cars on Santa Monica’s east side while trying to flee from police.
Freddy Daniel Moreno, 24, was pulled over by a Santa Monica police officer on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. for a traffic violation in the 1600 block of Cloverfield Avenue.
But Moreno drove off as the officer approached his vehicle. Within minutes, he managed to slam into three cars before giving himself up on Olympic Boulevard. No injuries were reported.
The first accident occurred on Cloverfield Avenue when Moreno made a U-turn where he was stopped, broadsiding a silver Toyota that was waiting for a red light. He continued driving southbound on Cloverfield and attempted to maneuver his car between two other vehicles stopped at a red light. Moreno broadsided a black BMW, ran the light and headed west on Olympic where he struck a black Honda.
After the third accident, Moreno gave up. He pulled over for police, who found several small bags of marijuana in his 1988 white Honda Prelude.
He was booked for possession for sales and transportation of marijuana, felony hit and run, evading a police officer and violation of probation, a felony. He has no bail because he violated his probation. He remains in Santa Monica Jail.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 11, 2002. Read the original PDF.