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Daily Pilot - Serving Newport Beach & Costa Mesa, California
BREAKING NEWS:
Police arrest man after road pursuit
By Joseph Serna
Updated: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:14 PM PDT
The driver of a lifted, gray pick-up truck left crashed cars, shredded tires and sparks in his wake this afternoon when he led police on a short pursuit from the southbound 55 freeway exit onto Newport Boulevard where he hit at least three cars, police officials said.
The driver, whom police could not immediately identify, hit two cars at 19th Street and Newport Boulevard, then drove away at about 1:13 p.m., said Lt. Paul Dondero. A Costa Mesa police officer saw the driver southbound approaching 17th Street and tried to pull him over, police said. There, he hit at least one more car before continuing to run, now heading south toward the Balboa Peninsula, Dondero said. Some time after that, the truck blew a tire but continued to drive on its rims, Dondero said.
The driver eventually gave up, pulled over and was arrested, police said. The whole chase lasted about five minutes, Dondero said.
More details to come
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Before this article was posted, a guy on Sherdog who lives out there posted these pictures of a man laying out in front of a grey lifted truck.
