Morning High Speed Chase Ends With Motorcyclist's Crash, Arrest

A speeding motorcyclist who refused to yield for a traffic stop today led officers on a 20-minute chase from Lemon Grove to Mission Valley, where he got into a crash and was arrested.

The pursuit began on state Route 94 near SR-125 shortly before 10:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.

With CHP officers tailing him, the man fled to the west and north at speeds up to 120 mph, traversing stretches of Interstates 805 and 8, SR-163, and city streets before pulling into a parking area at Westfield Mission Valley mall, said CHP spokesman Robert Catano.

The motorcyclist rode through a parking structure, then sped away from the shopping center and continued fleeing to the north on Mission Center Road and west on Friars Road, where the two-wheeler soon collided with another
vehicle.

The rider, whose name was not immediately available, was then taken into custody, Catano said. Medics were called in to determine if he was in need of hospital care.

-City News Service

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