BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A pursuit that reached speeds of over 100 mph wound its way through Kern County Tuesday morning, eventually leading to the arrest of the suspect driver and a female passenger, officials said.
The California Highway Patrol said officers tried to pull over a driver in a Honda Civic for speeding in northbound lanes of Interstate 5 at about 9:30 a.m. CHP said the driver led officers on a pursuit from I-5 to northbound Highway 99.
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CHP Central Division officers took over the pursuit, but the suspect driver spun out just south of Terra Bella in Tulare County along Highway 99.
An unidentified male driver and female passenger were taken into custody. Officials said the driver would be booked into jail for felony evading…