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High-speed chase ends in crash in Palmdale

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Suspect Ricky H. Parsons Jr. was trapped inside the mangled vehicle following the crash. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]
Suspect Ricky H. Parsons Jr. was trapped inside the mangled vehicle following the crash. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]
PALMDALE – A man allegedly high on drugs while driving a stolen vehicle led officers on a high-speed chase that ended when he crashed into two cars in a Palmdale intersection Monday night, authorities said.

Ricky H. Parsons Jr., 32, of Palmdale was taken into custody for multiple charges, including felony reckless fleeing from a peace officer, driving a stolen vehicle and driving while under the influence of a drug, according to a California Highway Patrol report.

Parsons sustained major injuries in the crash, including a compound fracture to his left leg and bleeding to the brain, according to a CHP report. [LUIS MEZA]
Parsons sustained major injuries in the crash, including a compound fracture to his left leg and bleeding to the brain, according to a CHP report. [LUIS MEZA]
The incident started around 9:36 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, when a CHP officer attempted to stop a 1997 Honda on Rancho Vista Boulevard at 15th Street East, the CHP report states. 

“The driver failed to stop for the forward red lights and a pursuit was initiated. Parsons led the California Highway Patrol on a 12-mile pursuit traversing multiple streets within the city of Palmdale,” the CHP report states.

“Parsons failed to stop for a red traffic signal at 47th Street East and Avenue R while fleeing from the California Highway Patrol and collided with two vehicles,” the CHP report states.

The crash happened around 9:47 p.m. and included a 2013 Toyota and a 2015 Honda, according to the CHP report.

The Toyota’s driver, 43-year-old Rolando Martinez of Palmdale, and passenger, 58-year-old Blanca Martinez of Palmdale, sustained minor injuries and were transported to Palmdale Regional Medical Center for treatment. Another passenger in the Toyota — 25-year-old Marisol Herrera — was treated at the scene and released, according to the CHP report.

The 2015 Honda’s driver, 33-year-old Marin Rodriguez of Palmdale, and passenger, 60-year-old Efren Guzman of Sun Valley, were treated at the scene and released.

Suspect Parsons sustained major injuries in the crash, including a compound fracture to his left leg and bleeding to the brain, according to the CHP report.

He was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital for treatment of his injuries, the CHP report states.

The three-vehicle crash happened around 9:47 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, in the intersection of 47th Street East and Avenue R in Palmdale. [LUIS MEZA]
The three-vehicle crash happened around 9:47 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, in the intersection of 47th Street East and Avenue R in Palmdale. [LUIS MEZA]
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67 comments for "High-speed chase ends in crash in Palmdale"

  2. I’m gonna leave this here and choose to ignore all you [removed] TRYING to drag my brother name through dirt without knowing [removed] about him or our family. I can bet my life none of you scary [removed] would be saying half the shut posted on here to his [removed] face. Let alone any of his family members. Cause your sure her knocked the [removed] out. In a heart [removed] bear. If it doesn’t concern you in any way shape or form, shut the [removed]. And if you got something else to say, you can hit me up PERSONALLY and we can handle [removed] from there.

  3. I was loaded like a freight train while out running errands that day. I didn’t get into any high-speed chases. Some people just need to learn how to drive.

  4. Straight up…. AlL I got to say go you ignorant [removed] white people or whatever you [removed] are…. Is Dont Let me find out wHo you are! Y’all wanna be talking [removed] about someone u don’t even knw is beyond my understanding but you guys sounds pretty brave voicing your side comments like pathetic n beyond ignorant but don’t doing so , on a blog… Typical scary thing u can only Do…. You guys are [removed] “SAD”. So like I was saying . He was a close friend of mine and I have nothing but respect for him as he always showed me…and I’ll be damned if I let any one especially a [removed] stranger to speak up on someone like him…. So be mindful of the words you choose to voice !!!

    • You sound really intelligent. Why does it have to be white people? People of all color can have the same thoughts about a thug who runs from the police and hurts innocent people in the process.

    • realone
      You’re a big full like the driver of the car no brains so. You must be racist.
      People like him and you deserve what you get

  5. You all talk so much shot but Ricky was and is a great person and friend. He was always there for me even when no one else was. Bad choices don’t mean bad person. So keep your [removed] comments to yourself.

  7. What if this was someone else and they hit your mother or father would you then defend their actions or would you feel like the rest do. F… him for what he did and for everyone he endangered and hurt.

  8. Reminder: The person behind the wheel running from the police with no regard for other human life’s was White. Not Latino/Hispanic :) I’ve seen white pro trumps racist rallying by the mall with nasty signs maybe they should worry about keeping there own people on check.

  9. Tim one of your guys here time to defend one more criminal. they said he had bleeding to the brain from the accident hopefully he passes those people who always put innocent lives in danger should have no trial straight free pass to hell.

    • People who always put innocent lives in danger? You mean the cowboys who thought a stolen car bust was such a high priority that a chase to an inevitable crash was appropriate? Yeah, straight to hell. And since you seem to be permanently attached to them lip to butt you can go along too.

      • What kind of society would we live in if the police see a crime or find someone driving a stolen car and when the suspect runs the police just throw up their arms and say “Oh! Better not give chase, someone might get hurt.”
        Maybe then the prison population would be a majority of people in wheelchairs.

        • A safer one?

          Putting innocent lives at risk over a stolen car is poor judgement. It would be poor policy, except it is specifically NOT policy. Chances of recovering the stolen property undamaged are very good. Chances the thief leaves identifying evidence in the vehicle are very good. Chances the thief gets caught without anyone being harmed are very good.

          The cowboy high speed chase movie style plays well in the department locker room, and with sycophantic badge lickers. But it is poor law enforcement.

          • Sorry your fellow criminal got caught.

            The deputies tried to pull over another east Palmdale vehicle that was stolen, not having any idea who is driving but it’s definitely somebody breaking the law. The criminal, not the deputies, initiated the pursuit by not pulling over and deciding to run.

            Again, the driver could be wanted in other crimes and your solution is to….just let the criminal get away and hope to find the vehicle and hope there is only the criminals DNA or something left behind.

            Evading the police is a felony for which you’re fine with police departments looking the other way.

          • Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that it won’t take long for criminals to feel safe by just driving off in a car. There is policy in place now for the police to back off if they feel the criminal is driving in such a way that may endanger lives.
            People that are in stolen cars are usually the same ones burglarizing businesses, robbing/killing innocent people and committing home invasion robberies.
            It would be poor law enforcement if the police do not enforce the law.

    • Look regardless of what happened you and no one else knows what this young man was dealing with he made a poor decision and he’s paying for it and I know this young man and he was raised very responsible he is not a thug and did not have drugs in his system. Seems to me there’s a lot of people condemning Ricky, so then I ask have you no guilt in your life that you are able to cast the first Stone. I understand innocent people were injured and he will have to live with that the rest of his life. He does have a continuous and I am asking only that all of us pray for all of the people involved in the wreck instead of all of the very hateful things everyone is saying because at the end of the day just like all of us he (Ricky) is someone’s child , someone’s father, someone’s brother, and all of this casting of stones hurts more than him. Thank you all and please keep your negative remarks to yourself and simply pray for all involved God will see his will done.

    • He wasn’t on division and J. So unless you saw his face and know without a reasonable doubt don’t slander my brother. Thank you.

      • Your brother is a scum bag.

        Do not act as if he isn’t. The innocent people hurt because of your stoned brother shouldn’t have had to deal with his drama but, your scum bag brother forced it upon them.

        There is help for scum bags like him but instead, he chose to hurt others. He should be in prison for a long time.

        • The problem is with the parole board letting these scum bags out to cause mayhem in our cities.
          I don’t blame the family for defending their kin, but the people know what lowlifes they have raised and the apple does not fall far from the tree.
          I have seen these families defend their scum bag relatives many times. Sooner or later these families are just gonna have to admit to themselves that it is time to cut that string from the hopeless ignorant animals in their family tree.

          • Dude Ricky’s Father was a Vietnam veteran and his mother is a hard working upstanding citizen people make bad choices the difference is you just haven’t gotten caught so shut up.

        • [removed] Kimberly , you don’t know [removed] but except what you read in the paper , you must be trash and ignorant to everything around you .. nobody wakes up in the morning saying humm let me go hurt the innocent ..

        • Shut the [removed]. You’re the [removed] judging other people like if you’ve never made a [removed] mistake. You have no right to judge someone else. So [removed] out of here with your [removed] unnecessary comments

        • Look dude I really don’t care who you are if you don’t hold a title of God back up off of Ricky’s sister remember when you point your finger at someone. You have 3 pointing back at you and I take you hold a title of saint cause your sure acting like you have never made a bad decision so call me a thug bitch cause trust and believe I will gladly leave 3430 KOA Campground Rd Meridian Ms and track you down and show you a scumbag as I whip your [removed] and let you watch it while I do people like you should drop off the face of the earth bet you won’t stand in my face and call him that cause you will [removed] up get a life

  11. That’s my little brother! Last I checked nobody walking this earth is perfect and regardless of the situation and kind of person you all think he is, he’s someone’s son, brother, father, uncle, cousin and grandson. He is loved. We as a family apologized to the people he hit and are glad they walked away from this.

    • It’s difficult to empathize with you. He put many sons, brothers, fathers, uncles, cousins and grandsons at risk with his selfish and erratic behavior. I too, am glad that the victims were able to walk away from this.

    • Amen baby girl, I do hope everyone involved makes a full recovery and I am praying for everyone involved . I know your brother made a bad decision but that doesn’t make him a bad person there’s just a lot of ignorant people making JUDGEMENTS but trust and believe I will get ignorant too it was a freaking bad decision and you guys don’t need to be bashed the only difference is your brother got caught and these people haven’t. Keep your head up praying for everyone.

  12. [removed] rick man I know this dude he is on parole and was absconding never liked to report to his parole officer told him to slow his roll [removed] idiot oh well gets what he deserves dumbass foo!!

    • Another parolee out committing more crime and endangering others? Impossible!

      Surely if those overzealous deputies had not tried to pull him over and not given chase he would have just stopped, returned the car to the gated complex and confessed his “mistake” to his parole officer and none of this would have happened. In fact, let’s pass another proposition to get more of these poor misunderstood guys out of prison and into the townhomes of the AV.

  13. We followed this on Facebook from start to finish…This jerk was doing over 105 MPH on Ave. S! Surprised not more innocent folks got hurt. Sorry for whoever he stole the car from too…he really did a number on it and the cars he hit. I heard he was crying, well too bad dumba**! Hope they put him away for a good long time, and that the folks he hurt, get compensated for what he has put them through!
    It is getting to the point where I am afraid to even drive around here anymore!

    • People make mistakes it’s a part of life… your nobody to make any judgement over him.. it was a mistake and his paying for it.. so keep your fuc$@en comments to yourself..

        • A person that put hundreds of innocent lives at risk with selfish and dangerous behavior. Hope he gets what he earned, a long prison term.

        • Yes he is a person, no body is perfect, but people know the consequences of stealing a vehicle, and drugs shouldn’t be an excuse, he made bad decisions that day…and I am sure he wasn’t thinking very clearly, which is why prople shouldn’t make bad choices when they are not sober….I have family members who do the same damn thing, and can’t seem to stay out of trouble, have to learn the hard way over and over, again and again, well I guess they are really not learning anything if they can’t seem to stay out of trouble……

          • The tatoo on his HEAD says he makes bad descisions frequently .he is 32 years old (somehow) and pulling this s###?! I would bet that he RARELY made good descisions…just sayin.

      • I feel sorry for you to be related to him. I have a great life BTW, I don’t feel the need to steal cars, and put innocent lives at risk running from the police!

        • Thank-you!!! I don’t get how people get offended, if that was my family member, knowing their past, I would not feel bad, that do it to themselves!!!

        • You know what you guys wouldnt be saying all of this stuff if it was your family member, my uncle was far from perfect ill be the first to admit it but you arent god and quite frankly your opinions dont mean anything. My grandma did the best she could but after a certain age your children decide to make their own decisions. So go ahead say whatever you want about him because we know how much of a good person he is you low life weirdo ass. Get a real hobbby other than blogging about someones loved one. Thanks

    • Btw we have a better life then u [removed]… shut the [removed] with all your [removed] .. it looks like you don’t have [removed] to do but follow up on FB , yea and don’t drive around here no more cuz I feel the need to go steel a car and put u at danger cuz u know I have nothing to do all day but only work 50 hours a week BTW , lol Fu$@in looser … only One man can judge .. that’s that’s not u bi$&h

      • Wow someone is getting offended because your ” family member” got caught doing wrong, feel so bad for you and the way you judge people, yes of course profanity makes u feel better, right? Put your selves in someone else’s shoes for once, he got caught which is a good thing, cuz if he was my family member, I would tell him he’s a dumb ass who needs to grow up just as much as you do….

    • yea, that was my car he stole from a gated apartment complex 3 WEEKS AGO!!! i worked hard, put time and money into that car. making a wrong turn is a mistake, calling someone else by a different name is a mistake. Stealing and driving a stolen car is a choice, and i know his family is gonna stand by his side and defend him without taking into consideration the consequences of his actions. I feel fortunate in this situation that i only lost a material object, when everyone else involved lost so much more. Don’t get me wrong tho, i don’t know him and im not angry or mad and i sure don’t feel sorry for him, i do feel sorry for his family because of what he is putting them through. and i hope he gets what he deserves

      • i also feel sorry for the people he hit and there family. he used my car as a tool in such a horrible way

  16. He was outta here I was like wtf good thing I was in my nasty drive thru he took flight on c them blue’s smh now look at what drugs SSS do say NO to drugs A.V!

    • They reckless af out here for no reason its sad and just pathetic first the sergeant in Lancaster then the shooting on 25th and S now this really smh

  18. It’s about time the criminal suffers from his own eckless behavior ! Too many times it is the innocent that are harmed , or worse, killed in a situation like this. THAnkful everyone else was ok! LOCK HIM UP! hopefully he felt that compound fracture for a bit before he got medical.

    • He’s someone’s [removed] father! MY NEICES AND NEPHEWS FATHER!!!! So [removed] out of here before you judge someone you [removed] know nothing about! You aren’t perfect either so [removed] off! If you knew him you knew he’s an amazing person! So [removed] you!

      • Yeah very amazing I am sure!!!! Would have been amazing not to ” buy” a ” stolen” car and get high at the same time then……..

      • Jess, he’s obviously not THAT amazing. He can’t effectively/safely drive at high speeds . . .I can. He doesn’t know how to follow the laws applicable to everyone . . .I do. He isn’t smart enough to stay away from drugs . . .I am. He is a poor role model for his children . . .I saw mine through college. If anything, I’m only average, Jess, so, no, your guy isn’t “amazing.”
        Then, to top it all off he has a family that makes excuses for him. You should all be ashamed of yourselves; You’re not helping him . . .you’re allowing him to go out and do it again. No wonder his/your life is tough . . .all of you made it that way.

        • You people are sorry disgusting human beings to make light of this situation regardless of his addiction Ricky was an amazing shot he is an amazing man and he is loved by many!it’s ;so easy for you square [removed] people who’s are so much more holier than thow to cast judgement against a man you don’t know. For one some of us ” losers” so you say, did go to college,did obtain careers, but [removed] happens and we lose everything and instead of us begging and standing in government lines to take from your pay checks we hit the streets and sometimes a stolen car is needed to feed a family. A role model for any child, absolutely he is awesome, real ,funny, loyal and probably got a higher seat in heaven waiting for him then you sorry ,judgemental, better than everyone else, peanut gallery seat holding [removed]. Watch your tongue and God forbid you fall from grace end up a felon or instead of surviving like Ricky will, you’ll end up gone and then someone like your ass will slander your name ,demean your character, and act as I lf your not worthy of life, or respect for your accomplishments because of your addiction or stature in society’s eye may God bless your pitiful [removed] souls.

    • Shut the hell up with that [removed] ,” it’s about time criminals suffer ” what the hell do u know about him , how do u know what type of life he’s lived before all of this … you don’t so shut [removed] Up , I hope u get hit next week and feel a compound fracture ..

    • Shut up you ignorant [removed]. Unless youre perfect you’re [removed] self, don’t [removed] care pass judgement on other people. He was sold a [removed] stolen car. He has no idea it was stolen. So unless you know him personally,or are related to us, [removed]outta here with your [removed] comments.