Hit and Run on I-5 in Lebec Ends in Santa Clarita

FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (Thursday, July 30, 2009, 12 p.m.)—A hit and run accident on southbound Interstate 5, just south of Tejon Pass Summit turned into a chase by CHP officers at about 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, according CHP Fort Tejon Station personnel.

A male driver in a Dodge truck is said to have hit a Chrysler passenger car while both vehicles were headed south. The driver of the Dodge truck is said to have fled south on I-5. Newhall CHP was alerted and caught the suspect near the McBean Parkway exit, according to CHP personnel.

This is part of the July 31, 2009 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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