Hot Pursuit! (Updated)

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LOCK HAVEN – A high speed chase originating somewhere east of Lock Haven found it’s way onto Rt 150 then ended in a spectacular multi-vehicle crash after the culprit traveled at great speed on Woodward Avenue and then continued the pace on Main Street in the City ending on Bellefonte Ave in the area of McDonalds and Dunkin Donuts restaurants.

Law enforcement officers from multiple municipalities including township, city and state police were on scene processing the case.

Although there were reports of injuries, it is not yet known how many or to what extent injuries are

Gio Montarsi, operator of a hair salon across Spring St. from McDonald’s, was a witness to the end of the collision which ended the high speed chase which came through downtown Lock Haven.

He said he had just finished with a young customer and they were going out the Bellefonte Avenue front door when the car being pursued “cart-wheeled” by, taking out a street sign before coming to rest on the west side of his building, adjacent to a propane tank. He said he could feel the draft as the car passed by only a handful of feet away.

Montarsi said there was a cloud of white dust from the deployment of airbags in the car being pursued and the one struck which ended up near McDonald’s.

Not knowing what was taking place and observing numerous armed police officers outside, Montarsi said he took his customer and retreated to a backroom, armed with a hand gun, until he was able to determine that the driver of the car had been taken into custody. He lauded the work of police in handling the situation.

Numerous police officers held the driver in custody to the side of a cruiser before placing him inside and removing him from the scene. Witnesses said the high speed chase had originated in Williamsport and there was an attempt to place “strips” on the Constitution Bridge to cause the car’s tires to blow out. At the accident scene the right front tire on the older model Buick was completely shredded..

We will update with details as they become available.

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