A man fleeing the California Highway Patrol totalled his girlfriend’s Maserati SUV after he careened up an embankment and slammed into the underside of an overpass, wedging the vehicle under a freeway in Oakland.
“The driver is lucky to be alive. The owner of the Maserati not so lucky,” the CHP said in a social media post that included photos of the mangled luxury vehicle.
California Highway Patrol says the 32-year-old man was speeding on a highway Monday when a CHP officer tried to stop him.
The man accelerated to over 100 mph (160 km/h) and then exited the freeway, veering over a curve, up the embankment and ending up just beneath the freeway, David Arias, a spokesman for the CHP in Oakland, said Tuesday.
The man, who was alone, complained of pain and was taken to a hospital, Arias said.
“It was a miracle he didn’t get more injuries because the whole area where his head would have been caved in. He must have ducked or something,” Arias said.
The 32-year-old man faces charges for reckless evading, according to CHP.
A man fleeing the California Highway Patrol totalled his girlfriend’s Maserati SUV after he careened up an embankment and slammed into the underside of an overpass, wedging the vehicle under a freeway in Oakland. (Photo: California Highway Patrol)
The 32-year-old man faces charges for reckless evading, according to CHP. (Photo: California Highway Patrol)
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