Police pursuit leaves one person dead after car crashes into home
By Cecil Hannibal
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MODESTO, California (KCRA) — One person inside a Modesto home died after a vehicle that was being chased by the California Highway Patrol crashed into the structure early Tuesday.
CHP said the pursuit started around 1:20 a.m. when two officers noticed a car that was speeding in the area. The vehicle ran a red light and then crashed into a home on Tuxford Lane, according to CHP.
The person inside the home was not the homeowner, who was out of state at the time, CHP said. The victim’s name has not been released.
The driver of the vehicle and a passenger were not seriously hurt.
The driver was arrested and booked into the Stanislaus County Jail for two counts of felony DUI, two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of vehicular manslaughter, evading officers, and driving on a suspended license, CHP said.
He was identified as 20-year-old Zachariah James Knobel.
CHP said Knobel was arrested prior for driving with a measurable amount of alcohol in his system while being under the age of 21, but said it was not a DUI charge.
“This all could have been avoided if he just pulled over…that’s the point of our officers out there is to stop things like this from happening to innocent people,” said a CHP Spokesperson.
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