Police: Vermont driver crashed after speeding 112 mph in a 5-town chase
Lynwood Whittemore, 49, of Hyde Park, was charged with attempting to elude, excessive speed, and gross negligent operation.
JOHNSON, Vt. (AP) — Authorities say a driver speeding up to 112 miles an hour led police on a 40-mile chase through five towns before he crashed.
The Lamoille County Sheriff’s Department said the car was spotted on Route 12 in Elmore on Thursday afternoon. A deputy recognized the car as one that had eluded police two times earlier in the day.
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The sheriff’s department and police pursued the car, which also went through Morristown, Stowe and Hyde Park before it crashed in Johnson. The driver and passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver, identified as 49-year-old Lynwood Whittemore, of Hyde Park, was charged with attempting to elude, excessive speed, and gross negligent operation. It wasn’t known if he had a lawyer and a number couldn’t immediately be found for him.
