A driver was eventually caught after fleeing at high speed on Highway 299-East, according to the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office. Around 12:30PM Wednesday afternoon a Sergeant on Eastbound 299 was stopped due to road work near Du Bois Road and Oak Run Road when a car approached from behind at high speed, passing the Sergeant and other vehicles and barreling through the construction zone, endangering Caltrans workers. The Sergeant took chase as the car sped away at more than 100 miles an hour. During the chase the suspect drove for extended times in the oncoming lane, so the Sergeant discontinued the chase. He radioed ahead and when the driver reached another road work zone the CHP was expecting him. The car went through the zone at dangerous speeds and continued for about 12 miles until reaching a spike strip the CHP had set up near Moose Camp Road. The driver, identified as 37-year-old Joshua Armstrong Granberry, reportedly got out with a hatchet in his hand but soon thought better of it and was arrested on multiple felony charges including driving under the influence of drugs.
-Steve Gibson