FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A man was arrested after he led Fresno police on a high-speed pursuit through two counties.
It started Wednesday morning in Fresno near Belmont and Broadway, when an officer pulled the man over for speeding and failing to yield in downtown Fresno.
Police say he took off onto Eastbound Highway 180 and then Highway 41 through Fresno and Madera counties with speeds reacheding well over 100 miles per hour several times throughout the pursuit..
At one point, the motorcyclist was riding on the sidewalks in the middle of Fresno State’s campus.
Law enforcement units did not physically chase him, but the Fresno Police helicopter followed him from above.
Police say the motorcyclist passed on the wrong sides of the road, ran red lights and weaved in and out of traffic.
The entire pursuit lasted at least a half hour with the 47-year-old man was arrested finally in downtown Fresno.
