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Friday, March 21, 2014A man who rammed into Santa Clara County Sheriff’s patrol cars and fled into the woods was arrested in unincorporated Santa Clara County on Saturday morning, a sheriff’s spokesman said.
Deputies responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the 6600 block of Croy Road around 5:30 a.m., police said.
When deputies arrived on scene they found the suspicious vehicle parked at a home on Esther Lake Drive, police said.
The suspect drove the vehicle into three patrol cars multiple times as deputies were getting out, he said.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014Area:
Los Angeles, CATwo Los Angeles Police Department officers were in serious condition Monday morning after a crash involving their unmarked patrol vehicle and a sport utility vehicle in the Atwater Village area north of downtown Los Angeles.
Four officers were in the vehicle at the time of the crash. Two of those officers were taken to the hospital but were later released.
Three people in the SUV also were hospitalized.
The crash was reported at about 9 a.m. near Fletcher Drive and San Fernando Road, about six miles north of downtown Los Angeles.
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Sunday, March 9, 2014Area:
San Diego, CAA woman suspected of drunken driving was arrested early Monday after authorities said she drove the wrong way on two highways and collided with a California Highway Patrol car.
Authorities were notified about 1:35 a.m. that a driver in a Mitsubishi Mirage was heading west in the eastbound lanes of state Route 52. The driver then exited onto Interstate 5 and headed south in the northbound lanes where she sideswiped the patrol car, the CHP said.
The driver was stopped and taken into custody and booked into jail on DUI charges, the CHP said.
No injuries were reported.
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Thursday, March 6, 2014Area:
Los Angeles, CAA Los Angeles Police Department officer, later identified as Nicholas Choung Lee, 40, was killed Friday morning in a crash involving a dump truck and a patrol vehicle in Beverly Hills.
Fire-rescue personnel responded to the crash at Loma Vista Drive near Doheny Road, near the Greystone Mansion area. A male officer died in the crash, according to the LAPD.
A female officer and the truck driver were hospitalized in critical condition. Officers gathered at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, just southeast of the crash site, to wait for updates.
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Monday, March 3, 2014A police chase ended with the suspect’s car and the squad car in Arcade Creek in Sacramento.
Sacramento police officers attempted to pull over the car near Marconi Avenue and Connie Drive in Sacramento. That’s when the suspect took off and then crashed into the creek.
Both cars have since been removed from the creek bed.
No one was seriously injured.