CHP chase through Oakland ends in collision, sheared-off hydrant

"The California Highway Patrol says a suspect who had committed a vehicle code violation - failing to display license plates - and then fled officers was chased throughout Oakland on Tuesday night, leading to a dangerous collision on a busy arterial street. The suspect, identified by an Oakland police officer's radio broadcast only as a Hispanic male, sped away from the intersection of 73rd Avenue and San Leandro Street, at the Coliseum BART station,"

"It's not yet known whether the CHP pursued the suspect the entire time or only part of the police action. The Oakland Fire Department told KTVU that firefighters responded to the collision around 7 p.m. They attended to four patients, two of whom were injured. The OFD's Fire Station No. 1 is located on Martin Luther King Jr. Way, around the corner from where the collision took place."

"The OFD's Fire Station No. 1 is located on Martin Luther King Jr. Way, around the corner from where the collision took place. The witnesses told The Oaklandside the next day that a taco stand immediately to the right of the fire hydrant was destroyed by the collision, but the person attending the stand did not appear to have been physically hurt and walked away from the crash. We have yet to speak to the food vendor."

A suspect failed to display license plates, fled officers, and was chased throughout Oakland, resulting in a dangerous collision on a busy arterial. The suspect, described as a Hispanic male, fled from 73rd Avenue and San Leandro Street near the Coliseum BART station. Driving a red Toyota Corolla, the driver entered I-880 north, exited near downtown, ran a red light, and collided at 17th Street and Castro Street. The struck vehicle jumped a curb and sheared off a fire hydrant at a Chevron station. CHP officers apprehended the suspect and a passenger; the driver sustained minor injuries. Firefighters responded around 7 p.m., treated four patients, and two were injured. A nearby taco stand was destroyed but its vendor appeared unhurt. Names have not been released, and whether CHP pursued the suspect the entire time is unknown.

Read at The Oaklandside