Social media accounts lit up Sunday night from local users reporting helicopters and heavy police presence near Van Maren Lane and Garden Gate Drive, with Citrus Heights police later confirming they were involved in a multi-agency pursuit of a reportedly stolen SUV.
“I just witnessed a high speed chase outside my house,” tweeted user “CWheeler3535” around 10 p.m. Sunday, after commenting about helicopters and police sirens nearby. His comment was shortly followed by a tweet about seeing a Nissan SUV fly past him on Garden Gate Drive going “at least 100” miles per hour, with “at least 30 cops” in pursuit.
CHPD Sergeant Mike Wells said Roseville police had requested assistance Sunday night after a vehicle they were pursuing traveled into Citrus Heights. Wells said the pursuit continued through Citrus Heights, ending outside city limits where the vehicle smashed into a wall near Woodfair Way in Carmichael.
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Following the crash, Wells said the driver fled on foot before being found in a garage, after officers from Citrus Heights, Roseville, Sacramento County and the California Highway Patrol established a perimeter around the area.
The SUV had previously been reported stolen from Texas, according to Wells, and the driver was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and felony vehicle evasion.
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