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An officer responding to a stolen car report was injured when the stolen car crashed head-on while escaping Saturday evening, Oakley police said.
The chaotic scene unfolded around 6:10 p.m. in the area of East Cypress Road where officers were looking for a stolen car in the area. Officers spotted the stolen car, allegedly driven by 29-year-old Devon Singleton, barreling down Jersey Island Road.
Spike strips were deployed to slow down the car, but Singleton kept driving “as fast as his deflating tires would allow him to go,” police said.
A woman, who was not named by police, was a passenger in the car.
Two officers, including the sergeant, were at East Cypress Road and Knightsen Avenue by the Valero gas station and spotted Singleton driving erratically. With moderate traffic in the area and concerned about patrons at the gas station, the sergeant positioned himself between the gas station and …