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CHP Arrests Driver Of Stolen Car After Crash, Fire

UPDATE Adds age of driver

California Highway Patrol officers caught up with a stolen vehicle Monday morning, but it was too late to save the car.


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Officers responded to a car down the side of the embankment at near the Parker Road off-ramp on the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Castaic around 1:30 a.m. Monday.

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies could not release the ID of the suspect because she was only 15 years old, officials said.

Officers believe the girl fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed the late-model Chevy Cruze she was driving.

She was able to escape from the car without significant injury, but the car caught fire shortly after the crash, and was completely destroyed.

Upon arriving on scene and investigating the crash, officers discovered the car was reported stolen to the Pittsburgh, Calif., Police Department (a Contra Costa County in the East Bay region).

The woman was being arrested on a stolen vehicle charge at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station as of this story’s publication.

Fire official  received  call at 1:38 a.m., and we were in scene by 1:50 a.m.

A quarter-acre fire resulted from the crash, which was quickly extinguished by fire officials.

The suspect was transported to the hospital for medical attention for minor injuries.

 

KHTS AM 1220 - Santa Clarita Radio

CHP Arrests Driver Of Stolen Car After Crash, Fire

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Perry Smith is a print and broadcast journalist who has won several awards for his focused, hyperlocal community coverage in several different regions of the country. In addition to five years of experience covering the Santa Clarita Valley, Smith, a San Fernando Valley native, has worked in newspapers and news websites in Los Angeles, the Northwest, the Central Valley and the South, before coming to KHTS in 2012. To contact Smith, email him at Perry@hometownstation.com.