CHP CHASE GOES ULTRA SLOW SPEED.

Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer

AGUA DULCE - A Sun Valley motorist who was spotted driving 10 mph on the Antelope Valley Freeway was arrested after a 36-minute chase that saw him driving down the freeway the wrong way.

Shirtless, armed with a police baton (with which he hit himself on the head) and believed to be under the influence of the drug PCP, the motorist was taken into custody after patrol cars surrounded his car and sheriff's deputies shocked him with an electronic device.

``Our officers spotted the vehicle and thought he may be driving under the influence because he was driving about 10 mph in the No. 3 lane,'' CHP Officer Wendy Hahn said.

Miguel Urzua, 24, of Sun Valley was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, failure to yield, assault with a deadly weapon and vehicle code violations. He was being held at Inmate Reception Center in Los Angeles in lieu of $20,000 bail.

Urzua's car was seen about 12:50 a.m. driving slowly north on the freeway near Agua Dulce.

When CHP officers got behind it and flipped on their emergency lights, the car stopped, but didn't pull to the side of the freeway, officers said.

As they walked up, they saw the driver striking himself on the head with a police baton and said he made nonsensical statements, Hahn said.

The driver ignored the officers' commands to shut off the engine and get out, then put his car in reverse and backed into their CHP cruiser before driving away. The car drove up the freeway at about 20 mph with CHP officers behind it.

When a CHP car nudged the rear bumper and spun the car around, it drove off the wrong way down the northbound lanes.

The car eventually turned around and began heading north again, colliding with at least two other vehicles. No one was injured, officers said.

Just south of Escondido Canyon Road, the car stopped and was surrounded by CHP officers and sheriff's deputies in their cars. The driver refused to get out of his car, so deputies shocked him with a Taser.