A terrifying real-life scene from “Speed” played out in downtown Los Angeles early Wednesday when a crazed hijacker took over a city bus and forced the driver to career through the streets at gunpoint for over an hour.

A passenger was killed after a gunman hijacked a city bus in Los Angeles early Wednesday, leading to a slow police chase through downtown before the suspect was eventually arrested, authorities said.

Police say the armed man boarded the Metro bus with the driver and two passengers aboard shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday.

One person has died of gunshot wounds after a bus was hijacked in southeast Los Angeles, authorities said Wednesday. Los Angeles Police Department officers received radio calls about a disturbance and possible assault with a deadly weapon on a Los Angeles metro bus at about 12:45 a.

A gunman hijacked a city bus in Los Angeles early Wednesday, and one passengers was shot and killed, authorities said. The driver hit a panic button and a suspect was arrested after police forced the bus to halt.

A Los Angeles bus was allegedly hijacked with the driver being forced to drive at gunpoint before police were able to apprehend the suspect.