PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Authorities have a man in custody accused of homicide following a deadly chase through the Porterville area.
Sunday morning, the California Highway Patrol tried to pull over 33-year-old Samuel Hunter of Santa Clara.
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They say the man was driving recklessly and tried to crash his white pick-up truck into law enforcement.
Then at one point, Tulare County Sheriff's deputies say Hunter finally stopped on Highway 65 near Terra Bella, and then intentionally crashed his car into a parked car.
That victim inside died.
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Hunter now faces homicide charges.
He was booked into the South County Jail Facility and is being held without bail.