A highspeed police chase on the North Shore preceded a rollover crash that involved three vehicles and shut down traffic on a highway Friday afternoon.
Massachusetts State Police say around 2:00 p.m. officers reported a Toyota Camry that failed to stop near the intersection of I-93 and I-95 in Woburn.
The trooper followed the Camry, observing it travel at a high rate of speed in dense traffic, changing lanes several times and driving in the breakdown lane. The pursuing trooper was eventually told to stop the chase.
A short time later, troopers on Route 128 North saw the Camry driving erratically. A marked cruiser caught up to the speeding Camry near Grapevine Road in Beverly, even making physical contact with the car, but the Camry kept traveling north.
State police say the Toyota Camry continued on Route 128 toward Gloucester while driving around 100 MPH.
The pursuing trooper lost sight of the Camry for a bit until they approached Route 133 in Gloucester. State police say the trooper terminated the second pursuit as they approached the rotaries at the order of their commanding officer. At the same time, the Camry crashed right before the Annisquam River Bridge, MSP said.