Several lanes of the northbound 101 Freeway near Echo Park were closed Thursday afternoon following a car crash.
A burglar allegedly stole a car from a home in the 1400 block of Allesandro Street in Echo Park, taking the keys from the house before driving away in the car, Los Angeles police said. They were involved in a crash near the Alvarado Street exit of the northbound 101 Freeway, police said.
Aerial footage captured around 12:00 p.m. shows officers directing motorists off the freeway at the Alvarado exit, just south of the crash site.
At 12:45 p.m., the California Highway Patrol announced that two lanes of the freeway would be closed for one hour, while the remaining two lanes would remain open. The partial closure was expected to last for about an hour.
No further details have been released by authorities.
