18-Year-Old Chinese Student Allegedly Leads Police on High-Speed Chase in BMW
A UC Irvine student remained in custody Friday morning after a high-speed police pursuit that ended on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, authorities said. Two passengers, who also attend UCI, were released after being detained.
Yuan Zhou, inset, and two passengers were taken into custody on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu after a police pursuit on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. (Credit: KTLA)
Eighteen-year-old Yuan Zhou, a Chinese exchange student, was booked at the 77th Street Regional Jail for felony evading, according to Sgt. Van Valkenburgh of the California Highway Patrol. He was being held there in lieu of $75,000 bail.
At 8:33 p.m. Thursday, a CHP officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop for unsafe lane changes on the northbound 5 Freeway in East Los Angeles, Valkenburgh said. The vehicle, a newer-model BMW, failed to yield.
A chase ensued, reaching speeds of up to 115 mph on the westbound 10 Freeway before continuing northbound on PCH. However, the car came to a complete stop at least three times when it came to red lights at intersections.
The pursuit ended at 9:16 p.m. in Malibu, just south of Lunita Road.
Sky5 video showed the driver being yanked out of the white BMW by officers, then handcuffed and placed into a patrol car.
The two passengers, a man and a woman, then exited the vehicle. They were later identified by authorities as 19-year-old Chinese nationals.
Zhou has a valid driver’s license, according to the CHP. He may be arraigned as early as Monday.
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汽车驾驶人、来自安徽合肥刚满18岁中国留学生周远当晚被捕后开口的第一句话是：“警察这样抓我是否违反我的人权？”周远表示，自己刚满18岁。刚拿到驾照不久，对美国法律了解不多，完全不知自己如此行事造成麻烦，请求现场华裔记者“叔叔请救救我”时，周远禁不住掉下眼泪。图片来源：晶报
An 18-year-old Chinese driver and two passengers were pulled from a BMW by armed police after a high-speed chase along California’s Pacific Highway Coast, where speeds reached almost 200km/h.
Traffic officers originally flagged the BMW 7 Series at around 8.30pm outside of downtown Los Angeles for allegedly weaving between traffic lanes and speeding, NBC Los Angeles reported.
After the BMW driver ignored police requests to stop, a chase along on two Los Angeles freeways began.
Officers finally managed to stop the BMW by deliberately shunting its back bumper – a technique used to disable escaping vehicles.
The manoeuvre caused the BMW to swerve to the shoulder of the road, where the driver finally stopped and surrendered at about 9.15pm.
The driver was identified in reports as “an 18-year-old UC Irvine student from China”.
He allegedly told NBC reporters after his arrest that his BMW “was a new car and he obtained his driver’s license about two months ago”.
Allegedly, he also said that he was “afraid of the California Highway Patrol” and “did not understand” why he had been chased.
The identity of the student, his two passengers and the charges they face have yet to be revealed by UC Irvine or local authorities.
According to NBC’s report, the student obeyed the majority of traffic lights during the chase, indicating that the charges he faces will likely be less severe than they would be otherwise.
21日晚8点半左右，警方在洛杉矶市中心东部的5号高速公路上发现这辆宝马7系轿车超速驾驶，拦截未果后开始追逐宝马车。
在追逐过程中，宝马车的车速一度达到120英里/小时，最终警车以追尾的方法，在太平洋海岸公路（PacificCoast Highway）逼停宝马车。整个追逐过程长达45分钟。
在逼停宝马车后，警方持枪将宝马车司机拉出座位，压倒在地并拷上手铐。除司机外，车上还有两名乘客，均为中国人。
宝马车司机是一名18岁的中国留学生，现就读于加州大学尔湾分校（UC Irvine）。
这名中国留学生坐上警车后用中文告诉NBC记者，这辆宝马车是刚买的，他两个月前刚拿到驾照。他称，自己害怕警察，也不知道自己正被警车追逐。
警方表示，因这名留学生在整个高速追车过程中闯的红灯不多，因此可能不会面临太多指控。
据哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）报道，这名中国留学生名叫周远（Yuan Zhou，音译），缴纳7.5万美元的保释金后已于21日凌晨5:35被释放。周将于3月21日出庭受审。另外两名乘客也在警方问讯后即被释放。
洛杉矶当地时间2月20日晚，一名中国留学生驾驶一辆宝马750轿车与警方在高速公路上周旋40分钟后被警车碰撞逼迫停车，肇事者已被洛杉矶警方逮捕。
事发于当地时间20日晚8点30分左右，在5号高速公路行驶的一辆白色宝马750豪华轿车因涉嫌蛇形驾驶和超速引起警方注意。高速巡警试图拦截下该车时，该车突然加速，并转向10号高速公路往圣塔莫尼卡方向疾奔而去，最高时速超过115英里。至少五辆警车和一架直升机迅速开始了对涉嫌车辆的追逐，当时多家英文电视台进行了现场直播。
Some video:
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/p/2014-02-23/031929540702.shtml
《法制晚报》记者今晨连线加州高速公路巡警局获悉，警方至少出动了5辆警车、12名警察和一架直升机，对周远驾驶的宝马车展开追逐，追逐速度曾一度达到每小时190公里左右。同时当地还有多家电视台对警方追捕过程作了现场直播。
在交纳保释金7.5万美元后，周远已于21日凌晨被保释。他被控拒捕潜逃，将于3月21日出庭受审。
讲述“我不知道应该停下来，警察越追我越跑”
据报道，周远今年刚满18岁，来自安徽合肥，目前就读于加州大学尔湾分校。周远被警方从驾驶座上拉下车，戴上手铐后押上警车时显得惊恐万分，一直低头不语。
据报道，当时现场正好有一位华裔记者——美国全国广播公司(NBC)摄影记者李若。随后警方通过李若了解周远的情况，令人惊讶的是周远竟不知道自己的这种行为是违法的。
李若介绍说，“我喊了一句‘你好！’他听到中文马上抬头看我。第一句话就是‘警察这样抓我是不是违反我的人权’？我没有回答他的问题。”
周远告诉李若，自己前不久刚刚拿到驾照，车是他从朋友那里新买的，还没有来得及过户，当时因为害怕警察因此逮捕他，才开得那么快。“‘我应该过户，但我没有’，他一直强调这一点。”李若说，“你没有过户是一个很轻的罪，你现在被警察追这么快，追这么远，等于是拒捕了，这是更严重的行为。你有没有意识到更严重的错误？”周远答道：“我不知道我应该停下来，他越追我，我越跑，本来我是没有超速的。”
周远向李若发出了求助，随后李若联系上了美国联邦法院刑事辩护律师邓洪。根据律师邓洪提供的消息，周远在去年12月还有曾因无证驾驶而被警方开罚单的前科。
在缴纳了7.5万美元的保释金后，周远于21日凌晨被警方释放。
当时车上除了驾驶者周远外，还有一男一女两名人员。这两人与周远均为加大尔湾分校的留学生。他们分别是19岁的女生陈璐(音译)和19岁的男生周望双(音译)。这两人并没有被捕，他们被警方送到机场附近的一个加油站自行搭车回家。据两人透露，当时他们和周远正在驶往拉古纳海滩。
Big deal, just a 18 years old kid, just got the license.
But why playing with police, that’s too stupid.
Fat car, for a 18 years old kid