Last Updated on January 16, 2023 by C-Car Staff
Three people were injured when a automobile fleeing Ontario police crashed into several cars at a Rancho Cucamonga intersection, police said.
Rancho deputies closed sections of Foothill Boulevard and Hermosa Avenue as the station’s Major Accident Investigation Team responded to the crash site, according to Teresa McMahon, a spokeswoman for the Rancho Cucamonga sheriff’s station.
None of the injuries are life-threatening, according to Ontario police Cpl. Fred Alvarez.
The pursuit started about 3 p.m. near Euclid Avenue and California Street when a traffic officer attempted to pull over a white Ford Mustang for a traffic code violation, Alvarez said. It was unclear what traffic code the driver allegedly violated.
The man wheeling the Mustang blew through several stops signs and a red light and drove on the wrong side of the road as he headed northeast into Rancho Cucamonga, according to Alvarez.
About six minutes after the pursuit began, the Mustang and five other vehicles — none of which were police cars — were involved in the crash at Foothill and Hermosa.
The man who fled police and two others were transported to hospitals. No information about the driver, other than his gender, was available Wednesday evening.
Police are attempting to determine if the man was impaired because they found drug paraphernalia in the Mustang, Alvarez said.
