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Driver In Custody After Police Chase In Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A man was taken into custody late Tuesday morning after a police chase ended with a crash in Minneapolis, authorities say.

Minneapolis police say the incident started when they observed an adult male driving at a high rate of speed and not stopping for traffic control devices in the area of 8th and Humboldt Aves. N. in Minneapolis. Authorities attempted a traffic stop, and the driver fled.

A pursuit ensued onto southbound Penn Avenue before the driver slammed into three parked cars and a fence near Glenwood Avenue. The driver was taken into custody.

Police say nobody was in any of the parked cars, and the man was not injured in the pursuit.

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