35-Mile Border Patrol Chase Ends in Crash
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SAN CLEMENTE — A chase through 35 miles of Orange County by U.S. Border Patrol agents Wednesday night ended when the car they were chasing crashed on a Stanton street, authorities said.
The chase began about 8 p.m. at the Immigration and Naturalization Service checkpoint on Interstate 5 south of San Clemente.
Border Patrol units chased a car with suspected illegal immigrants north along the San Diego Freeway for almost 40 minutes, until the car crashed on Idylwild Drive, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
No one was injured. Authorities would not say if anyone was arrested.
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