Deputies Arrest Alleged Drugged Driver Following Pursuit

By Bay City News Service

A man who was allegedly high on methamphetamine and heroin led San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase on state Highway 1 Saturday afternoon.

Deputies received reports of a vehicle pursuit involving a white Toyota Camry coming from Santa Cruz County at 12:37 p.m., according to sheriff’s officials.

Soon after, a deputy spotted the vehicle traveling north at a high rate of speed on state Highway 1 at Bean Hollow Road. However, the deputy couldn’t catch up with the suspect, sheriff’s officials said.

As the suspect kept driving, he sideswiped a car in the intersection of Miramontes Point Road, and then collided with a second vehicle at Van Ness Ave in Half Moon Bay, deputies said.

After the collision, the suspect attempted to flee the scene, but deputies detained and arrested him, according to sheriff’s officials.

The suspect, Santa Cruz resident Douglas David McGill, 29, admitted to deputies he had ingested methamphetamine and heroin earlier in the day.

Deputies also found that McGill was in possession of marijuana, heroin, drug paraphernalia and two small plastic bags of a substance suspected to be narcotics, according to sheriff’s officials.

McGill was injured during the collision and taken to a hospital, deputies said.

No other motorists were injured during the incident.