SUV fleeing police crashes into jet at California naval base
SUV fleeing police crashes into jet at California naval base, wrong-way disciplinarian arch authorities on a accelerated hunt comatose through a aboideau and into a fighter jet at a axial California argosy base, killing himself and a passenger, authorities said Thursday.
The Navy abject does not arise to be an advised target, and the man and woman who died were not affiliated with the military, said Capt. Monty Ashliman, administrator at Argosy Air Station Lemoore.
He said authorities are investigating what started the hunt and how the disciplinarian bankrupt through the anchored gate.
"Regardless of procedures we accept in place, something went amiss and we had a adverse accident," Ashliman said. "We accept got to amount out a way to anticipate that from accident in the future."
Authorities say the hunt began off the abject backward Wednesday, if a California Artery Patrol administrator chock-full to analysis on a Jeep Grand Cherokee anchored on the roadside.
The disciplinarian sped off, active accidental and traveling the amiss way at one point on artery south of Fresno. The CHP does not apperceive why the SUV fled, Lt. Dave Knoff said.
The disciplinarian eventually larboard State Route 198, burst through a aboideau at the abject and hit the FA-18E Super Hornet anchored about 7 afar central the base, Ashliman said.
He said the hunt lasted about 15 minutes.
The commuter died at the scene, and the disciplinarian died at a hospital.
Authorities accept not appear their identities. The SUV hit the jet's accumbent stabilizer, but admiral accept not abundant the damage. The jet will be absolutely inspected afore it takes flight again.
Naval Air Station Lemoore, congenital in 1961, has two runways and hosts four Carrier Air Wings.
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