BUMP FROM CHP ENDS HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - A rented SUV driven by a Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, man believed to be drunk led California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers on an Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. pursuit at up to 100 mph from Newhall to Lancaster. The pursuit was ended after a CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan patrol car nudged the sport utility vehicle, rented from Ugly Duckling Ugly Duckling scorned as unsightly, grows to be graceful swan. [Dan. Fairy Tale: Andersen’s Fairy Tales] See : Beauty Ugly Duckling ugly outcast until fully grown. [Fairy Tale: Misc.] See : Ugliness Rental Car in Santa Clarita, sending it spinning up onto the curb in what the CHP calls a pursuit intervention technique. ``The unit makes contact with the right or left front fender onto the right or left rear fender of the subject's car,'' CHP Officer Rusty Moore said, describing the PIT maneuver. ``As you touch the vehicle, you turn your wheels and accelerate, which causes the car to spin out.'' The pursuit began just after 12:30 a.m. Friday when a CHP unit noticed the white Jeep Cherokee weaving in the fast lane of the northbound Antelope Valley Freeway. Believing the driver may be intoxicated in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. , the officer tried to initiate a traffic stop but the Jeep sped off. Speeds ranged between 65 and 100 mph throughout the pursuit, CHP officials said. In Lancaster, about 20 minutes after the chase started, the Jeep exited on Avenue K and headed west. When the vehicle slowed as it was going under the overpass, a CHP car spun the SUV onto the curb, where it stalled. The driver, Timothy E. Farrell, 29, of Santa Clarita, was arrested on suspicion of evading arrest and driving under the influence as well as on a $35,000 outstanding warrant. Avenue K was closed for about five minutes until officers could move the SUV and their cars to a nearby park and ride lot. |
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