{"id":407435,"date":"2026-07-22T02:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T02:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/407435\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T02:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T02:46:08","slug":"southern-california-woman-leads-chp-on-pursuit-before-arrest-near-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/407435\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California woman leads CHP on pursuit before arrest near Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 A Southern California woman is in custody after she allegedly failed to stop along Interstate 5 near the Grapevine and led officers on a pursuit Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The California Highway Patrol in Fort Tejon said dispatchers received a call for a driver swerving across lanes of traffic in northbound lanes of I-5 near Fort Tejon at around 11:11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Pentagon IDs third US soldier killed in weekend Iranian attack;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/washington-dc\/pentagon-ids-third-us-soldier-killed-in-weekend-iranian-attack\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Pentagon IDs third US soldier killed in weekend Iranian attack\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers tried to pull the woman over but she continued to drive and officers started their pursuit. The woman crashed into a guardrail near Grapevine Road but she kept driving, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speeds varied between 25 mph and 75 mph during the brief pursuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The unidentified driver out of Rialto was eventually slowed down and stopped when officers used a spike strip near Taft Highway. The woman remained in her vehicle and refused to follow commands to exit the vehicle, officers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The woman eventually exited the vehicle and was taken into custody. CHP said the woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI and failure to yield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident temporarily slowed traffic, but traffic was moving again a little after 12 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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