CONCORD, California — A reckless driver suffered major injuries but was predicted to survive after a crash. The driver crashed on a highway transition ramp while being chased by police early Tuesday, the California Highway Patrol said.

The crash happened as northbound 242 merged onto eastbound Highway 4 at Port Chicago Highway, the CHP said. The chase began around 3:45 a.m.

Police say that the man drove a truck throughout the course of the incident.

Concord Crash Causes Hospitalization of Driver

According to the CHP, the driver went by ambulance to a hospital after being ejected from the 2002 Toyota Tacoma he was driving.

Concord police arrested the man but did not have any information immediately about why they pursued the truck.

The CHP closed the transition ramp until 7:10 a.m. At that point, the police cleaned up enough of the ramp to allow normal traffic.

The chase was one of two on that occurred overnight in Contra Costa County. Contra Costa County includes many near-San Francisco cities, including basically everything northeast of Berkeley and Oakland. It isn’t usually the kind of place where too many criminal activities happen. I guess that this crash is proof that no place is perfectly safe from all criminal acts.