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A Tucson man who told authorities that he'd used video games to practice his driving skills is accused of leading officers on a 25-mile high-speed chase Thursday. Jose Manuel Lopez, 22, also crashed his car through a fence along Interstate 19 during the chase and into a yard on the South Side before running into a Mexican food restaurant, where he finally surrendered, officers said. Lopez, of the 5600 block of South Mission Road, was arrested on six felony counts and was taken to the Pima County jail. Investigators said he fled because he was smuggling four illegal entrants in his Cadillac. No one was injured in the pursuit, which lasted less than 15 minutes and reached speeds of more than 110 mph. Lopez finally left the freeway near Drexel Road - where there is no exit ramp - by driving through the 6-foot chain-link right-of-way fence. "He was driving like a madman on residential streets in the Drexel-Mission Manor area," Oien said. "We're lucky he didn't kill somebody." Lopez ended up in the front yard of a house in the 800 block of West Iowa Street, just south of Irvington Road. He got out and made a run for it, leaving his four stunned pbuttengers to surrender to officers.
-- Life is short - drive fast!
