AUBURN – An unidentified man was injured Saturday after he allegedly led police on a high-speed chase and crashed into a guardrail.
Lewiston police said the chase started around 10:30 Saturday night when an officer spotted three cars speeding and drag racing on Lisbon Street. He chased the three, then focused on the lead car, a white Honda station wagon with a male driver and no passengers.
“He was the one going the fastest,” said Sgt. David St. Pierre, spokesman for the incident.
The car got on the Maine Turnpike at the Lewiston exit and sped south as the Lewiston officer chased. Speeds reached up to 110 mph, St. Pierre said.
The driver slowed to 35 mph as he reached the Gray-New Gloucester toll plaza. Then he made a U-turn and sped back toward Lewiston-Auburn, according to St. Pierre.
Police were preparing to lay spike mats to stop the car when the driver got off at the Auburn exit, lost control and hit a guardrail, St. Pierre said.
Police took him into custody and he was taken to a hospital. He was complaining of neck pain.
Police were working to identify the man late Saturday night. They estimated his age between 25 and 30 years old.
The car, a 1990 Civic, was registered to a woman in Waterville. Police were trying to locate her Saturday to see whether the car had been stolen.
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