A man who led California police on a pursuit that reportedly reached speeds greater than 100 mph was taken into custody -- but only after he drove his vehicle off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean. The incident that unfolded in Santa Cruz County Tuesday afternoon began when officers received a report of a man firing a handgun into the air, a police spokesperson told the Santa Cruz Sentinel. “Within a few minutes, the suspect was driving at a high rate of speed on West Cliff Drive and ended up driving over the cliff, into the surf near Stockton Avenue,” the Santa Cruz Police Department said in a statement. The chase that preceded the crash reached speeds greater than 100 mph, the Santa Cruz Sentinel added. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe driver – said to have been the only person in the wrecked car – has not yet been identified.

Source: Fox News July 01, 2020 14:33 UTC