A person who led authorities on a brief pursuit died Sunday evening after leaping from a freeway interchange in Riverside, police stated.
The pursuit began when somebody known as for a welfare examine on the unidentified man earlier than 9 p.m. within the College neighborhood close to UC Riverside, in accordance with Officer Ryan Railsback, a spokesperson for the Riverside Police Division.
Officers noticed the person a short while later driving a dark-colored pickup truck and tried to contact him, however he drove away, resulting in a five-minute pursuit, Railsback stated.
The person drove his truck to the interchange the place the 215, 91 and 60 freeways meet, in accordance with Railsback. He abruptly stopped the automobile, bought out and jumped off the freeway, Railsback stated.
Authorities situated the person’s physique beneath the overpass, Railsback stated. He died on the scene.
The California Freeway Patrol assisted with visitors administration across the interchange.
The person’s identify has not been launched pending notification of his subsequent of kin.