"Napa County sheriff's deputies followed the truck as the driver headed south on Highway 29, reaching up to 120 mph and side-swiping another vehicle, Sgt. Nick DeGuilio said Sunday. The pursuit ended after a deputy performed a PIT maneuver, which involves an officer connecting with a suspect vehicle and forcing it to spin out, near Trower Avenue in northern Napa."
"Sonoma resident Jerome Strach, who said he was completing a Lyft drive, was stopped at the intersection when he saw five law enforcement vehicles, including from the sheriff's office and Napa Police Department, approach with lights flashing. Strach said he watched as the southbound white pickup spun a U-turn and tried to drive north. Soon after, he said, a patrol car struck the pickup behind the driver's door, causing the truck to do a 180-degree turn and then stop facing south in the northbound lane."
"After the maneuver, DeGuilio said the pickup truck driver crashed into the front of another patrol car, which damaged the vehicle but did not cause any injuries. Strach said from his perspective the pickup truck was crawling forward and the driver of the patrol car drove into the pickup, potentially to stop it from driving off. They both were moving but it was the sheriff guy who seemed to hit him with force, Strach said, adding he saw the patrol vehicle's airbags deploy."
At about 11:40 a.m., St. Helena police spotted a stolen white Toyota pickup near Yountville that had been forcibly taken earlier that morning while the suspect fled Fairfield officers. Napa County sheriff's deputies followed the pickup south on Highway 29, during which the driver reached speeds up to 120 mph and side-swiped another vehicle. A deputy ended the pursuit with a PIT maneuver near Trower Avenue, spinning the truck. An eyewitness described the PIT as textbook and saw a patrol car strike the pickup, causing a 180-degree turn and a subsequent collision with another patrol car. Multiple patrol cars then pinned the vehicle and deputies arrested the driver.
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