Edhat Staff
Police arrest reckless driver suspect at the Las Positas roundabout on Thursday afternoon (Photo: edhat reader)
By edhat staff
California Highway Patrol arrested a reckless driver after a high-speed pursuit on Thursday afternoon.
At approximately 2:02 p.m., the California Highway Patrol (CHP) received a call from dispatch stating a California State Parks Ranger was in pursuit of a gray Audi sedan with no license plates. They were traveling on Highway 101 southbound north of Storke Avenue. While CHP officers responded to assist, State Parks Ranger stated they had lost visual contact of the suspect vehicle.
At approximately 2:27 p.m., the suspect vehicle was located by a previous witness at the intersection of Las Positas Road and Cliff Drive. CHP officers quickly converged and safely apprehended the suspect. After the subject was secured.
An edhat reader reports the incident started in Gaviota and was allegedly driving in excess of 100 mph while swerving and passing on the shoulder. The reader witnessed CHP officers arrest the suspect at gunpoint at the Las Positas roundabout.
At 3:00 p.m. California State Parks Rangers arrived at the scene and took custody of the suspect and impounded his vehicle.
Great to know it’s okay for cops to point a loaded firearm at somebody for driving too fast…
On Thursday at the intersection of Figueroa and Chapala I entered slightly after the light turned green. I looked over to the Chapala cars stopped at the intersection but a high speed driver came out from between the 2 lanes and very nearly t-boned me. The light on Chapala had been red for a reasonable amount of time as evidenced by the stopped drivers in the other 2 lanes. The car was a 4-door light colored sedan but I didn’t see the license plate and felt it would be too risky to chase it. Should I have called 911?