Listeners Club

Forgot Password

Not a Member? Sign up here!

banner

Police chase through several towns ends in parkway crash

TRUMBULL, Conn. (AP) Police chased a stolen vehicle through several Connecticut towns at reported speeds of 100 mph until it ended with a crash on the Merritt Parkway and the suspect in custody.

State police say the chase ended Tuesday morning after the car and a Trumbull police cruiser crashed on the parkway in Trumbull. No one was injured. The stolen car also collided with another vehicle on the parkway before the final accident.

The car was reported stolen in Westchester County, New York.

 

25-year old Rafael Vasquez of Bridgeport has been charged with reckless driving, engaging police in pursuit, evading responsibility, driving without a license, larceny, criminal damage to a motor vehicle, interfering with an officer, and assaulting an officer.

The chase went through local streets and state highways in Westport, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Stratford and Trumbull. State police say they initially tried to stop the car in Norwalk.

On Air Now

Red Eye Radio

Local Headlines