TEMECULA: Pursuit of DUI suspect ends in fiery crash
TEMECULA: Pursuit of DUI suspect ends in fiery crash
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A police pursuit of a suspected DUI driver ended in a fiery crash east of Temecula on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
The incident began when a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy tried to pull over a pickup truck in Temecula, said Deputy Armando Munoz, a sheriff’s spokesman. The driver sped away, crashing into another car at Highway 79 and Sage Road in the rural Aguanga area. A least one of the vehicles caught fire, he said.
One person was reportedly injured in the crash, Munoz said, but details were not immediately available.
The driver of the pickup ran away from the crash scene was but tracked down nearby and taken into custody, he said.
This story is developing.
