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MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A operator of a Camaro was taken into custody Monday pursuing a pursuit with officers, speeding implicit 100 mph connected a Merced County highway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP says connected Monday a operator of a Chevrolet Camaro was traveling astatine speeds of up to 120 mph connected southbound Highway 99 which led officers to prosecute the driver.
According to CHP, the pursuit was 7 miles and 5 minutes. The pursuit began adjacent Hammatt Road.
A 2nd vehicle, officers accidental was believed to beryllium racing alongside the Camaro and continued traveling southbound, past seen connected 16th Street. CHP says the Merced Police Department was notified of the vehicle's involvement.
CHP says aft 7 miles successful 5 minutes, the operator yet yielded and the pursuit ended connected 16th Street astatine Ashby Road successful Merced.
CHP says they would similar to punctual everyone that actions talk louder than words—and outrunning a patrol conveyance is not 1 of them.
