An effort to stop a car full of people believed to have been involved in a burglary turned into a wild car chase in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, hitting speeds of 120 miles an hour.
It started at around 11 a.m. Tuesday, when a CHP car tried to stop a northbound car on Highway 101 in Camarillo. The driver refused to stop and started driving at high speeds, at times passing other vehicles on Highway 101’s shoulder, and center divider. The chase headed through Ventura and Santa Barbara.
Spike strips were deployed on the highway at Winchester and El Capitan State Beach. The car kept going on two blown tires, making it as far as the Gaviota tunnel, where the driver finally stopped.
All four people in the car were arrested, and officers say they recovered a number of stolen items in the vehicle.
