Motorcyclist rode wrong way on I-295 during pursuit

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — Police are searching for a man who led officers on a chase through multiple towns on Wednesday.

Woonsocket Chief Thomas Oates told 12 News that police were called to Social Street for a report of a man who was violating a no-contact order.

When officers tried to stop him, he fled on a motorcycle, according to Oates.

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Officers pursued the rider through city streets into Cumberland and onto I-295, where they lost sight of him…

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