(WJET/WFXP)– A New York man is facing criminal charges after Pennsylvania State Police said he led them on a 15-mile chase that started on Interstate 90 and ended with him crashing into a pond near a Fairview Township home.
According to PSP Erie, troopers saw a Toyota Rav4 pass them at a high rate of speed on I-90 westbound just past the Wesleyville, Bayfront Connector exit in Harborcreek Township around 1:17 am Saturday.
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Police said when they tried to pull the driver over, they allegedly didn’t stop and a chase ensued along the highway, lasting over 15 miles and reaching speeds as high as 110 mph.
The driver, identified as 39-year-old Michael Johnson of Bath, NY, eventually got off the highway and was driving in the 6700 block of Fairview Township on Sterritannia Road when they failed to negotiate the curve in the road and crashed into a pond.
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Johnson was taken into custody without incident and was not injured in the crash, according to police…