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Driver Leads Police In Michigan On 30-Mile, High-Speed Chase

/ CBS Detroit

BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - An Illinois man is in police custody after leading officers on a 30-mile, high-speed chase on a freeway in southwestern Michigan.

No one was injured during the pursuit which reached speeds over 100 mph Saturday afternoon reports The Herald-Palladium of St. Joseph. 

State police troopers tried to stop the man who was speeding westbound on Interstate 94 in an Audi. The Audi's driver rear-ended a patrol car in Benton Township, southwest of Grand Rapids.

The Audi spun off the freeway and struck a barrier cable.

Police say the driver is from Burbank, Illinois, west of Chicago.
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First published on September 6, 2015 / 2:34 PM EDT

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