CARLSBAD–A male driver who led Carlsbad police on a low speed pursuit from Carlsbad to Oceanside was arrested Wednesday, a Carlsbad police spokesman said today.
At 1:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of reckless driver on Carlsbad Boulevard near the intersection of Poinsettia Lane.
Officers located the vehicle in the area of Carlsbad Boulevard near the intersection of Pine Avenue. Officers initiated a traffic stop and the vehicle pulled away headed north bound. The officers continued a low speed pursuit into Oceanside.
The vehicle overheated and the driver pulled into a business in the 1500 block of Coast Highway. The driver began acting erratically, reaching around the car and laying down on the seat. After his failure to comply with numerous commands a police K-9 was utilized to take the driver into custody.
The driver, identified as 43-year-old Chadron Scurry of Oceanside, was transported to Tri-City Hospital for treatment.
Scurry will be charged with reckless driving, failure to yield, resisting arrest and assault on a police k-9.
