Police arrested a person Friday after a chase in Pacific Beach that ended when officers used a spike strip to disable the suspect’s automobile, resulting in a giant slowdown on Interstate 15.
Officers caught as much as the suspect on northbound I-15 between Aero Drive and Interstate 8, based on the San Diego Police Department.
Officer Anthony Carrasco mentioned a name got here in Friday at 1:09 p.m. concerning a male who had allegedly violated a restraining order.
When officers in Pacific Beach tried to provoke a site visitors cease on the Dodge Ram pickup truck the person was driving, he didn’t yield, Carrasco mentioned, ignoring emergency lights and sirens. After the pursuit started, the motive force at one level allegedly headed the improper means on a avenue in Mid-City, he added.
The suspect ultimately went northbound on I-15, the place officers “deployed a spike strip and successfully deflated the vehicle’s tires” simply south of Aero Drive.
Carrasco mentioned the unnamed suspect was taken into custody, on expenses of violating a restraining order and felony evading, with out additional incident. There have been no accidents or collisions through the pursuit.
The Aero Drive off-ramp was quickly closed following the automobile pursuit. At about 2:30 p.m., SDPD warned on its social media accounts that motorists ought to “expect heavy traffic on northbound I-15 between Aero Drive and I-8 due to police activity from an SDPD vehicle pursuit.” The division requested motorists to think about alternate routes.
City News Service contributed to this report.