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Two people have been arrested following a high speed car chase on the streets of Palm Desert.
Deputy Albert Martinez said the vehicle was chased because it fit the description of a vehicle involved in a crash at Michigan and Idaho streets at about 11:15 a.m. "As the officers are responding to that area, there was one black Nissan with traffic collision damage in the front. They attempted to do a stop, and that's when the pursuit starts,'' Martinez said.
The chase, along Highway 111, reached speeds up 80 miles an hour at times.
The chase ended in the parking lot of the Fairfield Inn on Highway 111, where the driver was arrested. The passenger was taken into custody while trying to hide in the wash adjacent to the hotel. The names of the two arrested have not been released.
Martinez could not confirm if the chase was connected to a report of gunshots being fired in the area of Avenue of the States and Washington Street at approximately the same time as the crash. "They're trying to figure out if the shots-fired call is related to that,'' he said.
