ANTIOCH, CA : Fatal crash as car slams into tree in the 1100 block of Buchanan Road on Thursday, 18th July 2019

A 21-year-old man who tried to race away from police in a stolen car early Thursday died when he crashed into a tree, police said.

The crash happened around 1 a.m. in the 1100 block of Buchanan Road after the car the man was driving crossed over the raised divider, police said. Authorities did not publicly release his identity Thursday morning.

According to police, patrol officers received information from another city about a vehicle stolen during a residential burglary and spotted it on Somersville Road.

The officers turned on their lights and sirens, but the vehicle accelerated south on Somersville Road to Buchanan, where it then went east. The chase went on for about 1 1/2 miles on Buchanan before the crash.

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