Cellphone video captured a bizarre situation that unfolded on a busy Los Angeles area freeway when a woman climbed onto the roof of an SUV and took off all of her clothing.
The video was recorded around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday by a passing motorist on the opposite side of the 405 Freeway in Northeast Torrance and shared by Citizen on X, formerly Twitter.
According to the California Highway Patrol, officers tried to pull over the woman as she was driving her black SUV in the emergency lane of the southbound 405 just north of Culver Boulevard. She failed to stop and, instead, reached speeds of up to 95 miles an hour as she fled, CHP said.
The woman eventually stopped just north of Western Avenue, where she climbed through the SUV’s sunroof, took off all her clothes and appeared to pose for officers and passing drivers, the video showed.
CHP said she resisted arrest and was forcibly taken into custody several minutes later. An officer and the suspect both suffered minor injuries.
The woman, whose name was not released, was booked into the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Century Station jail on charges of failure to yield, resisting arrest, battery on a peace officer and battery on an emergency medical responder.
Authorities didn’t say if she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.