Authorities were in pursuit of a driver behind the wheel of a minivan in West Los Angeles on Monday morning.

The Ventura County Sheriff's Office said the woman allegedly stole the vehicle, and the pursuit began in Sherman Oaks around 10:53 a.m.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the driver was wanted on suspicion of a stolen vehicle. They were going southbound on the 405 Freeway in Brentwood as of 11:24 a.m.

By 11:30 a.m., the pursuit moved to the Del Rey area. The person was driving erratically at times.

At about 11:38 a.m., an officer with the CHP stool on the northbound lanes of the 405, which had been temporarily shut down, in Inglewood, in order to throw a spike strip onto the southbound lanes. It's not clear if the strips affected the minivan.

It's not yet known if any

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