{"id":198199,"date":"2026-02-28T15:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/198199\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:41:22","slug":"stolen-medical-van-crashes-after-high-speed-fresno-madera-county-chase-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/198199\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen medical van crashes after high-speed Fresno-Madera County chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) UPDATE  \u2014 A medical transport van stolen in Fresno ended in a crash after a  high-speed multi-county chase. <\/p>\n<p>It began when a Fresno Police officer, responding to a separate call, was flagged down by a witness reporting the theft. <\/p>\n<p>The van had been left at a home with the keys inside, when someone jumped in and drove off.<\/p>\n<p>Officers pursued the van northbound on Highway 41 but soon lost track of it. <\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/high-speed-chase-in-kings-county-ends-with-410k-in-stolen-equipment-recovered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">High-speed chase in Kings County ends with $410K in stolen equipment recovered<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Air One, the Fresno Police helicopter, found the van and tracked it into Madera County near the Yosemite Springs Parkway turnoff. <\/p>\n<p>There, the driver entered a hotel, made a U-turn, and returned southbound on Highway 41.<\/p>\n<p>CHP officers and Fresno Police CA Team undercover vehicles joined the pursuit, but the driver refused to stop, driving recklessly and passing on both sides of the road. <\/p>\n<p>Officers attempted to use spike strips multiple times, successfully puncturing a tire during the final attempt.<\/p>\n<p>The chase ended when the van crashed at the intersection of 1st Street and McKinley Avenue in Fresno. <\/p>\n<p>Invesitgators say the driver continued to resist, causing officers to use less-lethal rounds and a canine unit to safely take the driver into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (1)<\/p>\n<p>An investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) UPDATE \u2014 A medical transport van stolen in Fresno ended in a crash after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-198199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}