FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – A 35-year-old man was sentenced Friday in connection with a police pursuit that ended in a life-threatening crash.
BACKGROUND: Arrest made after police pursuit leads to injury crash south of downtown Sunday morning
Police said Derrick Benson was driving 70 miles an hour in a 30 MPH zone, according to a probable cause affidavit. Officers engaged in a pursuit that began near South Barr Street and East Oakdale Drive and ended near the intersection of Lafayette and East Dewald Streets where an uninvolved car was rear-ended…