The chase involved three freeways and four counties, starting in Vacaville on Highway 80 in the North Bay. Then the SUV headed south on I-680 through the East Bay until reaching San Jose, and then headed back north on I-280 before crashing in Los Altos at around 3 p.m.
California Highway Patrol officers said a man refused to stop when they tried to pull him over in Vacaville. San Jose CHP officers have identified the suspect as 24-year-old Ramon Bernal of Davis, Calif.Officers laid down a spike strip on southbound 680 in Sunol.
Bernal kept driving even after his front left tire blew out. He continued driving on a steel rim at high speeds for several miles. That rim eventually broke apart and the Nissan Pathfinder suddenly overturned and flipped several times on northbound Interstate 280 in Los Altos Hills.
