Numerous charges were filed this week against a man suspected of stealing an Orange County Transportation Authority bus and leading police on a pursuit that ended in a crash in Costa Mesa.

On Monday, May 21, he was charged with various felonies, including evading police and reckless driving and grand theft auto. He also faces misdemeanor charges of driving unlicensed and hit-and-run with property damage.

The charges stem from May 17 when Lorenzo Marrice Outten, 20, is accused of stealing the empty bus in Irvine near Barranca Parkway and Harvard Avenue, according to police. OCTA spokesman Eric Carpenter said the unoccupied bus was one of the shorter vehicles, not the widely-seen longer ones.

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Outten drove for about 30 minutes, including along the I-5, where he appeared to try to run down a motorcycle officer who was pursuing him, authorities said.

The pursuit moved to the 55 freeway, where the California Highway Patrol took over the chase and the bus struck a Prius and injured a pregnant woman. She was taken to a hospital, where she was recovering, and it was reported that her fetus was OK.

The bus eventually hit a guardrail, and Outten was arrested as he tried to flee. The suspect’s motive for allegedly taking the bus was unclear.