A high-speed chase overtook the streets of Orange and Los Angeles counties this morning, beginning with the attempt to apprehend an individual driving an allegedly stolen white Audi Q5 SUV, KTLA reports. The pursuit started around 9:41 a.m., when Costa Mesa Police recognized the vehicle as potentially stolen and attempted to pull it over, only for the driver to speed away.

The chase snaked through city streets with the SUV hitting speeds over 80 mph in Compton, blazing past onlookers and creating a tangible threat of chaos that was obvious even without the wail of sirens following close behind, the chase later included freeway jaunts across the 105, 405, and 110 as the suspect tried to evade the law enforcement tail, as per KTLA. The driver made a move designed to bewilder pursuers by driving alongside another similar SUV under an overpass, according to the officers involved.

Ultimately, the nearly three-hour ordeal ended under the 105 Freeway in Hawthorne, where the substitute driver parked the car and attempted escape on foot, according to CBS News Los Angeles. Before the conclusion, the pursuit was intermittently disrupted by air-restricted zones preventing aerial tracking, yet the fleeing Audi was spotted by SkyCAL following traffic rules before halting under the freeway.