High Speed Chase Into Contra Costa County Leads To Vallejo Man's Arrest

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA -- A Vallejo man was arrested Tuesday afternoon for trying to evade Vallejo police on Interstate Highway 80 in Solano and Contra Costa counties, according to police.

Around 3:15 p.m. on March 20, Vallejo police tried to stop a green 1989 Mercedes-Benz with a license plate that did not match the vehicle at Lemon and Union streets in Vallejo west of Highway 80, Lt. Herman Robinson said.

The driver, later identified as 25-year-old Phillip Chambers, failed to yield and drove over the Carquinez Bridge and on westbound Highway 80 at speeds of up to 120 mph, Robinson said.

The Mercedes had a minor collision with one vehicle and another at El Portal Drive in the Contra Costa City of San Pablo, where he was taken into custody, Robinson said.

California Highway Patrol officials said those vehicles were a Honda Accord and Honda CR-V and the drivers suffered minor injuries.

Vallejo police arrested Chambers on suspicion of felony evading police and they are investigating whether the Mercedes was stolen.

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