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A California man has been arrested after driving off a Monterey wharf in an attempt to evade police during a high-speed drunk driving chase.
Martin Urroz, 21, of Fresno, was booked at the Monterey County Jail on multiple charges including driving under the influence of alcohol and evading a police officer.
Monterey Police Department officers were walking down Alvarado Street on Sunday when they spotted a green 1997 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck roaring around a corner, heading the wrong way on a one-way street.
As the truck turned onto Municipal Wharf II, a bustling pier teeming with restaurants, another MPD officer turned on his police cruiser's overhead lights to initiate a traffic stop.
The driver, later identified as Urroz, pulled to the right of the wharf and stopped. As the officer approached the vehicle on foot, the truck resumed driving, heading towards the end of the wharf 'at a high rate of speed,' according to police.
A California man has been arrested after driving his pickup truck down a Monterey wharf and crashing into the ocean in a desperate bid to evade police
Martin Urroz, 21, of Fresno, was charged with driving under the influence of the alcohol after driving the wrong way down a one-way street, turning onto the pier and plunging into the ocean
According to police, the three other people in the car sustained minor injuries, while Urroz was taken to a local trauma center for treatment
Officers spotted the four occupants of the vehicle in the ocean and suspected they'd jumped in to evade police before realizing the Chevrolet Silverado was underwater
The officer called other officers for assistance and climbed back into his patrol car. He drove to the end of the wharf, where he
