You know it’s going to be a wild one when the chase ends with a head-on game of “chicken.” Anderson, California Police say a Ford Ranger driver, high on drugs and hauling fentanyl, tried to ram an officer on I-5—twice. The guy didn’t just flee; he aimed for impact.

It all started around 12:17 a.m. on March 19. An Anderson Police officer spotted a Ford Ranger with visible mechanical violations near Deschutes Road. That means it had a problem such as a broken windshield which authorized police to stop it and write a ticket. When the officer flipped on the lights, the truck stopped—but not on the shoulder. It just froze in the middle of the road. Then it got weirder.

The driver, 32-year-old Shane Charles Lee Temple of Hemet, California, refused to follow any instructions. According to Anderson Police, he showed “signs of being under the influence of drugs.” When the officer reached for the door, Temple grabbed the officer’s arm and hit the gas. The officer barely avoided being dragged. The chase was on.

Anderson Police say Temple turned I-5 into a racetrack

Temple floored it onto northbound I-5. Anderson Police called in backup from Redding PD and CHP. Spike strips were ready. But just north of Knighton Road, Temple pulled a fast one. He made a U-turn. Into traffic.

According to police, he drove “southbound in the northbound lanes against oncoming traffic,” risking a deadly pileup. An officer risked his own life to warn oncoming traffic—just in time to see Temple’s Ford Ranger barreling straight at him.

Spike strips, chicken, and a felony cocktail

Then Temple jerked the wheel and “deliberately steered toward the Anderson Police officer a second time in an apparent attempt to cause a head-on collision.” The officer swerved. Somehow, no one was hurt.

According to police, the chase spilled into Anderson surface streets. Then Temple merged back onto southbound I-5. CHP deployed spike strips. Tires shredded. Still, he kept going—this time throwing bags of “suspected narcotics” out the window. The drugs? Fentanyl and meth.

Eventually, CHP executed a PIT maneuver. Officers swarmed the vehicle and arrested both Temple and his passenger, 21-year-old Victoria Corona of Grants Pass, Oregon. But not before Temple “discarded additional suspected narcotics” and a search uncovered ammunition.

Temple, already a convicted felon, now faces a stack of felony charges. Corona had an extraditable warrant for a burglary-related probation violation.

Shane Temple’s Ford Ranger ride didn’t end in glory—it ended in spike strips, a PIT maneuver, and a long list of charges. He’s now facing everything from assault with a deadly weapon to felony pursuit while tossing fentanyl. California might’ve just found its version of “Florida Man.” You can see the Anderson Police Department’s statement embedded below: