Driver crashes into pole after leading deputies on chase across San Fernando Valley area

Suspected reckless DUI pursuit ends with driver hitting hole

A chase that kept going through the San Fernando Valley area ended with the driver smashing through a pole.

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, Calif. - A driver is in custody after leading deputies on a chase that stretched across parts of the San Fernando Valley area Wednesday night.

According to authorities, a lifted Ford F-550 was swerving and driving on the wrong side of the road in the Lost Hills area. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department laid a spike strip on the road but the suspect drove through it.

The chase lasted more than 30 minutes before the suspect smashed his truck into a pole on Coldwater Canyon Avenue..

The California Highway Patrol also helped with the pursuit.

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