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High-speed police chase ends
with crash in Maplewood
Article by:TIM HARLOW
Star Tribune
April 23,2014-7:31 AM
A man who led police from at least two agencies on a high-speed chase overnight is in the
hospital after crashing in Maplewood,authorities said.
A Metro Transit police officer spotted a pick-up truck driving erratically around 2:30 a.m.near
the Franklin Avenue light-rail station in south Minneapolis and attempted to pull the driver
over.The pick-up took off as the officer gave chase,said Metro Transit spokesman John
Sky/eland.
A second Metro Transit officer joined the chase as the driver,traveling at high rates of speed,
drove north on Interstate 35W and east on Hwy.36.Officers from Roseville got involved as
the man passed Hwy.36 and Lexington Avenue,Sigveland said.
The chase ended when the man crashed near Arcade Street and Burke Court in Maplewood.
The driver was conscious and breathing when taken to Regions Hospital with unknown
injuries,Siqveland said.