Fleeing driver OF A Ford Ranger pickup truck
plummets off highway to his death
By - Associated Press - Monday, December 29, 2014
PORTUGUESE BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A Northern California
driver who sped away from a park ranger plunged 75 feet off a highway to his
death.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports
(http://bit.ly/170PikM ) the California Highway Patrol says a state parks
ranger tried to stop a Ford Ranger pickup truck for multiple mechanical
violations about 5 miles north of Bodega Bay on Sunday night.
But the 46-year-old male motorist refused to stop. The
truck hit a milepost marker, drove across the shoulder and plummeted to the
Sonoma County beach below. The man was ejected from the truck and pronounced
dead at the scene. His name has not been released.
CHP Officer Jonathan Sloat says authorities are
investigating whether the man was impaired or if he intentionally drove the
truck off the highway