A motorist fleeing from a motorcycle officer was injured after driving the car into a pole in San Ysidro.
An officer pulled over the driver on East San Ysidro Boulevard just before 2 p.m. When the officer walked back to his motorcycle, the driver sped off, San Diego police said.
The officer followed and found that the car had crashed into a pole. The driver was trapped and needed to be extricated.
The driver was taken to a local hospital with injuries.
It was unclear why the motorist fled from the officer.