Santa Clarita carjacking suspect caught after chase, crash

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (KABC) -- Sheriff's deputies have arrested a carjacking suspect who crashed the stolen vehicle near a mobile home park in the Santa Clarita area and fled on foot.

The vehicle crashed near the Greenbrier Mobile Estates after a chase that started around 2:30 p.m.

Deputies chased the suspect through the Santa Clarita area until the vehicle crashed into another car near Golden Oak and Soledad Canyon.

Paramedics were seen assisting another person who had been injured in the crash, although authorities said that victim is expected to survive.


Sheriff's officials located the suspect hiding in some brush between two mobile homes after deploying K-9s to assist in the 20-minute search.