A Santa Barbara man was arrested Thursday night after allegedly trying to get away from police and crashing his vehicle into a tree in the city’s Eastside neighborhood.
According to the Santa Barbara Police Department, the incident began around 9:30 p.m. on March 5 when an officer spotted a Lincoln Navigator traveling eastbound in the 1200 block of East Cota Street without its headlights on and at a high rate of speed.
Police say the driver continued recklessly through several residential streets as the officer attempted to catch up…