Car Chase on I-70 in Washington County Leads to Car Accident

This was an 8 to 10 mile chase at speeds of 80 to 85 miles per hour, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.  Police said the boy stole a white Toyota station wagon from his foster mother.  Police spotted the car and when the officer activated his lights, the chase was on. 

The boy changed directions a number of times on interstate 70.   At the 84 exit he stuck one of the state police vehicles and he managed to get around that vehicle. 

Finally, the boy slammed the car into a utility pole along route 519, cutting the pole in half.  Live wires came down on the car with the young driver still inside. He suffered only minor injuries, police said.

He was treated at Washington Hospital, and charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and fleeing and eluding.

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