SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say a driver raced southbound on Interstate 5 on Tuesday at speeds in excess of 100 mph, passing cars on both shoulders of the freeway and crashing into a series of other vehicles.
A pursuit that involved state troopers, Marion County sheriff’s deputies and Salem police ended south of Salem when the fleeing car left the freeway, crashed into a guardrail and was pinned there by a trooper’s patrol car.
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