A parolee who allegedly commandeered a car in Vista Wednesday led officers on a multi-city chase that ended when he crashed the vehicle and was arrested.

Kenneth Wayne Ash, 30, allegedly confronted a motorist in the 600 block of Hacienda Drive at about 9 a.m. Wednesday and demanded that the victim get out of the vehicle, then got behind the wheel and drove off, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Office.

After deputies issued a be-on-the-lookout alert about the crime to area law enforcement agencies, Carlsbad police personnel spotted the stolen vehicle traveling northbound on Interstate 5 at La Costa Avenue, and a pursuit ensued, sheriff's Sgt. William Clem said.

The suspect soon exited the freeway and ran over a spike strip that deputies had laid in his path at Leucadia Bouleva

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