A man who led Seal Beach police on a chase that ended in a deadly multi-car crash was wanted by the U.S. Marshal's Office, officials said.
The chase began when a Seal Beach Police Department officer stopped a couple in a silver 2006 Lexus sedan at around 8 p.m. Tuesday for a traffic violation near Marina Drive and Pacific Coast Highway, according to Seal Beach police Lt. Julia Clasby.
"While the officer was conducting a records check of the female, the male moved into the driver's seat and accelerated away from the location of the stop," Clasby said in a news release. The suspect, Chaz Lamar Long, a 39-year-old resident of Antioch, allegedly refused to stop and kept driving on PCH. At one point, police said Long briefly drove on the wrong side of the road.
After a brief chase, the fleeing driver ran a red light and slammed into eight cars at PCH and 2nd Street in Long Beach, Clasby said.
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