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Man Dies After Jumping Off Freeway Overpass After High Speed Chase

ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a man who led Highway Patrol officers on a 120-mph chase has jumped to his death from a Southern California freeway overpass.

The 26-year-old Long Beach man died Saturday morning.

The CHP says the chase began shortly before 1 a.m. after officers tried to pull over a Honda Civic on Interstate 10 in Claremont, east of Los Angeles.

The chase continued onto Interstate 15, where the Honda went out of control and hit a guardrail.

The CHP says that's when the driver got out, ran and jumped off the overpass onto Interstate 10 below, where he was struck by two cars.

 

Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.

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