Suspect Chased By Police Crashes Into BART Fence In Walnut Creek
WALNUT CREEK (CBS SF) – A brief vehicle pursuit of a residential burglary suspect ended with a crash along the BART trackway in Walnut Creek early Thursday, triggering a delay along the transit line for nearly an hour.
The incident began shortly before 7:30 a.m. when officers were dispatched to a report that a home was broken into on Walnut Boulevard, Walnut Creek police Lt. Lanny Edwards said.
Arriving officers spotted a suspect who immediately got into a vehicle and began to drive away.
A vehicle pursuit ensued but ended only a minute later when the suspect crashed his car into a fence next to BART tracks at Walden and Jones roads, Edwards said.
The suspect then fled on foot after the crash, hopping fences and trying to evade officers through the backyards of several homes.
Pursuing officers apprehended him at 7:37 a.m., not far from where the crash occurred, Edwards said.
The suspect's name was not immediately released, but authorities said he was a parolee.
His crashed vehicle pushed the fence within about three feet of the BART tracks between the Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek stations, causing major delays on the Pittsburg-Bay Point line, BART spokesman Jim Allison said.
Allison said trains had to single-track through the area while crews removed the vehicle. He said the car was removed and service began again in both directions around 8:40 a.m.
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