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OAKHURST, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral from Los Angeles has been arrested successful Oakhurst connected Wednesday pursuing a pursuit successful a stolen conveyance aft throwing brew cans retired the model and hitting a Tesla respective times, the California Highway Patrol said.
Officers accidental they were alerted to "be connected the lookout" connected Aug. 21 astatine astir 2:41 p.m. for a metallic Kia Soul wanted successful a pursuit wrong Yosemite National Park by parkland rangers.
According to CHP, the operator of the Kia, a 40-year-old antheral from Los Angeles, was reported driving recklessly successful the parkland portion throwing brew cans retired of his window.
Later, officers accidental they were advised that the Kia crashed connected White Chief Mountain Road successful Fishcamp, conscionable northbound of, and above, the Tenaya Lodge, and the fishy fled connected the bicycle. CHP was advised of a carjacking that occurred astatine the Tenaya Lodge and the conveyance carjacked was a metallic Kia Optima.
In the meantime, a achromatic Tesla sedan was traveling connected Highway 41, northbound of Hodges Hill Drive, successful the vicinity of 3 caller hotels. According to CHP, the carjacked Kia was dilatory moving connected the close enarthrosis of Highway 41 up of the Tesla. CHP says the Tesla passed the Kia and the operator of the Kia accelerated and began intentionally crashing into the rear of the Tesla.
Investigators accidental the operator and the rider of the Tesla attempted to flight from the Kia, but the operator of the Kia continued to intentionally clang into the rear sides of the Tesla done Oakhurst. Since the Tesla captured the incidental with its cameras, officers obtained it for evidence.
Then, detectives accidental a Mariposa County Sheriff's deputy, who had been alerted of the situation, intercepted the Kia and the Tesla successful the vicinity of Victoria Lane portion the Kia was inactive intentionally crashing into the Tesla.
A pursuit ensued which CHP says ended erstwhile the operator of the Kia crashed into a obstruction successful the vicinity of Maddie Fhy Road and was taken into custody. He was aboriginal booked into the Mariposa County jailhouse connected suspicion of galore charges.
