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WEBVTT CRASH. MELINDA: A MEMORIAL SITS WHERE A DEPUTY TRIED TO STOP A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER APPEARED -- DRIVER. THE DEPUTY DIED AFTER HIS CAR HIT A POWER POLE DURING A CHASE. >> I HEARD THE SOUND, A SICKENING SOUND. I RAN OUT IN TIME TO SEE THE SHERIFF’S VEHICLE AIRBORNE AND HIT THE POLE. MELINDA: POLICE ALLEGEDLY -- INITIALLY GOT A REPORT THAT THE SUSPECT WAS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, HE LET THEM ON A CHASE. STANISLAUS COUNTY JOINED THEM ON THE CHAISE, AND IT WAS HERE THAT THEY SAID THE DEPUTY HIT THE CENTER DIVIDE AND LOST CONTROL. >> I SAID, OH MY GOD. THERE IS NO WAY. MELINDA: THIS WOMAN, WHO LIVES NEARBY, TRIED TO LEND COMFORT. >> I SAID, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, HELP IS ON THE WAY. MELINDA: THE DEPUTY WAS A 19 YEAR VETERAN, WORKED AS A K-9 HANDLER, SWAT MEMBER, AND A TRAINING OFFICER. THE SHERIFF SAYS HE WAS A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT. HE SACRIFICED HIS OWN LIFE YET AGAIN BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO STOP A MULTI-DUI OFFENDER, SOMEONE WITH FIVE PRIOR CONVICTIONS FOR DUI. MELINDA: THE SUSPECT FILE WITH DEPUTIES, WHO HAD TO USE BEANBAGS ON HIM. HE WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. >> ALL WE WERE DOING WAS TRYING TO TAKE AN IMPAIRED DRIVER OFF THE ROAD SO THAT DRIVER WOUL

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A Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputy died in a crash Sunday night while assisting with a pursuit in Riverbank, officials said.Deputy Antonio Hinostroza, 45, hit a power pole just before 10 p.m. on Terminal Avenue and Claribel Road while aiding Riverbank police in the pursuit of a driver, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department. First responders declared Hinostroza dead at the scene. “All we were trying to do is take an impaired driver off the road so that individual wouldn't take somebody else's innocent life. We lost one of our own,” said Sheriff Adam Christianson. Riverbank police responded at 9:48 p.m. to Oakdale and Patterson roads after a report of a driver in a silver SUV passed out behind the wheel, deputies said. When law enforcement approached the suspect, Jonathan Carrillo-Gonzalez, 30, sped off and led a pursuit. Gonzalez fled on foot after spike strips disabled his vehicle on Fine Avenue and Cambridge Court in Modesto, deputies said. Then, the suspect fought with deputies until he was subdued by less-than-lethal bean bag shots.Gonzalez was arrested on charges of DUI, felony evasion and resisting arrest, deputies said. He has had at least three prior DUI convictions in the past nine years and had his license suspended in June for driving under the influence, according to deputies.It is not clear when during the pursuit Hinostroza crashed into the power pole. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the collision.“I heard that sound, sickening sound, so I ran out … just in time to see the sheriff’s vehicle airborne and hit that pole,” said a witness who did not want to use her name.Hinostroza was a 19-year veteran with the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department. He was hired as a deputy sheriff in January 1999. He was assigned to the patrol division out of the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department's main office. During his career, Hinostroza served as a patrol deputy, K9 handler, gang detective, SWAT team member and field training officer. He was a police explorer for the Ceres Police Department from 1990 until 1992 when he enlisted to serve in the United States Marine Corps until 1996. He then worked as a reserve police officer and dispatcher for the city of Waterford before being hired by then-Sheriff Les Weidman. Hinostroza is survived by an adult son and his mother. No other details have been released.Stay with KCRA for updates.