An Orinda man is speaking out after his car was one of three that were hit during a chase by Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies through the Caldecott Tunnel.
Video posted on the Citizen App shows the aftermath of a three-car crash in the tunnel shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Authorities say 24-year-old Alquanto Jackson was driving a stolen Subaru Outback and refused to stop for a sheriff's deputy on Highway 24."From a perspective of chasing a stolen piece of property, there was three other people whose lives could have been taken to obtain a vehicle, right? So I think there was a huge lapse in judgment," he said. Jackson is being held at Contra Costa County Jail on suspicion of auto theft and evading police.
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