VENTURA, CALIF.—A man suspected of raping a 14-year-old he lured to a motel on social media was fleeing from police on a Southern California freeway Wednesday when he drank cyanide as he drove and killed himself, authorities said. The slumped-over man’s car careened down U.S. 101 in Ventura before crashing. Officers had been chasing Jonathan Hanks, 33, of Camarillo, for about 10 kilometres when they saw him drink from a bottle. His car then drove onto the right shoulder of the freeway, drifted across all northbound lanes and then came to a stop after bumping the centre median, authorities said. The CHP had gotten calls during the chase indicating Hanks was going to kill himself, CHP Investigator Christopher Terry told KABC-TV, without elaborating.

Source: thestar February 22, 2018 01:30 UTC