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MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral was pulled implicit for a seatbelt usurpation minutes aft stealing a pick-up motortruck successful Merced Wednesday, the California Highway Patrol said.
Officers accidental they initiated the postulation halt due to the fact that the operator was not wearing a seatbelt. The operator fled, which led officers connected a pursuit done Atwater and Merced earlier yet abandoning the pick-up and fleeing connected foot.
CHP says further probe revealed the conveyance had been stolen conscionable minutes earlier.
The operator was arrested and the stolen pick-up was returned to its owner.
The apprehension was made connected time 4 of the 2025 Seat Belts Save Lives campaign, which focuses connected expanding spot loop usage to prevention lives successful Merced County.
