Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

DUARTE - A driver was arrested early Monday morning after authorities disabled his vehicle on Huntington Drive during a high-speed pursuit that began in Rancho Cucamonga.

Authorities chases the suspect, identified as 57-year-old Thomas Silva, first on surface streets. A 9-1-1 caller said she was out for a run at Banyan Road and Day Creek Boulevard and thaf a man in a vehicle was following her. When police attempted to pull over the driver, he fled at high speed, according to the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department.

The CHP was notified of the pursuit sometime after 3:30 a.m. CHP officers joined in the chase as it sped westbound on the 210 freeway in the La Verne area.

A helicopter joined in as the driver swerved across multiple lanes of traffic until he exited onto Baseline Road and then northbound on Grand Avenue in Glendora, according to CHP radio traffic.

The pursuit went through several Glendora neighborhoods after turning west onto Mauna Loa Avenue and then north on Vecino Drive to Route 66. The pursuit continued westbound on Route 66 to Foothill Boulevard in Azusa, the driver sometimes reached 90 miles per hour, according to CHP radio traffic.

CHP officers were ordered to pull out of the chase as it continued into Irwindale and Duarte. Rancho Cucamonga police used the pursuit intervention technique and disabled the suspect’s vehicle along Huntington Drive and Cotter Avenue in Duarte.

“At the termination of the pursuit, Silva failed to comply when ordered to exit the vehicle. Deputies deployed pepper balls into Silva’s vehicle,” according to the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department in a written statement.

Silva, a Victorville resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of evading police with disregard for public safety. He was jailed at the West Valley Detention Center in lieu of $100,000 bail.

DUARTE - As many as six vehicles collided on the westbound 210 freeway near Buena Vista Street Sunday, killing one person, the California Highway Patrol said.

The collision was reported to the CHP at 2:42 a.m. December 15. The vehicles involved were initially described as a silver Ford Mustang, a black For Explorer, a silver Toyota Prius and two other vehicles; all blocked the No. 3, 4 and 5 lanes, the CHP said.