Crime & Safety
Video: Eden Prairie Man Leads Police on High-Speed Chase
Police arrested the man after he crashed into another vehicle.
An Eden Prairie man is behind bars today after leading police on a high-speed chase through a construction zone and several western suburbs in the Twin Cities.
KARE 11 reported that Minnesota Department of Transportation cameras captured the scene as a black Hyundai Elantra speed through rush hour traffic on Highway 100 in an attempt to escape state troopers and local police.
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The driver eventually crashed into and totaled a 2010 Toyota Corolla.
The person driving the Toyota, a 19-year-old Edina resident and student at Notre Dame, suffered non-life threatening injuries.
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WCCO reported that man who led police on the high-speed chase, Chad Lithgow of Eden Prairie, was arrested shortly after the crash.
Lithgow has a history of fleeing police and speeding.
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