Several injured when pursuit ends in crash in Encinitas

ENCINITAS, Calif. – A number of individuals had been injured Sunday in Encinitas after a pursuit involving California Freeway Patrol officers led to a crash, authorities mentioned.

The incident started round 8:22 a.m. when officers had been known as to Interstate 5 close to Manchester Avenue for stories of a grey Nissan Sentra “driving erratically” at excessive speeds. Officers tried to cease the car however the driver didn’t yield to the officers, in keeping with the company.

A pursuit was initiated and officers had been led northbound on the freeway earlier than the Nissan, pushed by a 19-year-old, exited the freeway at Encinitas Boulevard.

The car continued on Encinitas Boulevard and tried to run a crimson mild at Through Cantebria earlier than hitting two different automobiles headed by means of the intersection. They embody a grey Volkswagen Jetta pushed by a 25-year-old lady and a grey Chevrolet Traverse pushed by a 32-year-old lady.

Each girls, in addition to two toddlers contained in the Traverse, had been taken to a close-by hospital for non-life-threatening accidents. The driving force of the Sentra and an unknown variety of passengers additionally had been hospitalized with non-life-threatening accidents, officers mentioned.

The 19-year-old driver was arrested and charged on suspicion of reckless evading of a police officer in addition to different felony prices.

Officers weren’t clear whether or not medicine and or alcohol had been an element.

The matter stays underneath investigation by CHP officers and anybody with data is inspired to achieve out to officers at 760-643-3400.