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Suspect Who Rammed Police Unit, Two Other Vehicles In Wild Ventura County Car Chase Identified

Authorities are now identifying a man police say was a drug dealer who led officers on a wild car chase in Ventura County, in which he smashed into a police vehicle.

Simi Valley Police detectives tried to arrest Jose Flores yesterday afternoon in a supermarket parking lot on the 3600 block of Cochran Street. The Pacoima man refused to surrender, and rammed into a police unit which was trying to block his car. It led to a chase through some nearby neighborhoods.

Flores then returned to Cochran Street, where he smashed into two vehicles at a busy intersection at Cochran and Colonial Way.

After a brief struggle, Flores was taken into custody. He’s charged with assault with a deadly weapon, evading police, and drug sales. Despite all the collisions, no one was seriously injured.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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