Two residents of Fitchburg are facing motor-vehicle charges after leading police on a high-speed, multi-town car chase.
According to the Ashburnham Police Department, the incident began at approximately 10:30 a.m. when a vehicle failed to stop for the Orange Police Department after the vehicle was wanted in connection with a suspected robbery. The pursuit traveled through Westminster and Winchendon before entering Ashburnham, where officers used stop sticks to disable the car near the center of town.
Ashburnham officers first observed the suspect vehicle entering the town at a high rate of speed from the Winchendon town line. The driver failed to stop and continued traveling south on Route 12. In an effort to stop the car before it reached Main Street, officers deployed stop sticks near Lashua Road. Ashburnham Police Chief Chris W. Conrad stated that the deployment resulted in an effective hit on the vehicle…