High-speed Highway 101 chase near Ukiah ends in crash, arrests

California Highway Patrol officers in Ukiah on Wednesday were investigating four New York men who tried to ditch bags of marijuana from their vehicle after they crashed during a Highway 101 pursuit.

A CHP officer in Redwood Valley around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday clocked a northbound Jeep Laredo at 100 mph on Highway 101 and pursued. The driver stopped briefly, then drove off, again reaching about 100 mph before exiting on West Road where he lost control on an overpass and the Jeep rolled multiple times down an embankment, said CHP Officer Kylar Adams.

All four men were arrested and sent to various hospitals, two with major injuries. Two ambulances and two medical helicopters responded.

Euclides Abreu-Urena, 23, of the Bronx, was flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. Luis Guzman, 27, of New York City, was flown to Enloe Hospital in Chico.

Yoan Delacruz, 27, of New York City, and Luis Garcia-Perez, 28, of the Bronx, were taken to Ukiah Valley Medical Center with minor injuries.

Driver Abreu-Urena was arrested on suspicion of evading an officer. All four were arrested on suspicion of possessing and transporting marijuana for sale, conspiracy and resisting arrest, Adams said. The CHP did not say how much marijuana was involved.

- Randi Rossmann