New Berlin police chase ends with crash at Hale Interchange
NEW BERLIN, Wis. - The New Berlin Police Department (NBPD) arrested an East Troy man on Friday evening, Oct. 17 after a police chase and crash that ended in the Hale Interchange.
Police chase ends in crash
What we know:
Officials said New Berlin officers tried to stop the 36-year-old East Troy man in a gas station parking lot on College Avenue just east of Racine Avenue. This, after the man was called in as a possible intoxicated driver.
A news release says when officers arrived, the man sped off in his vehicle. Officers pursued the vehicle on I-43 heading toward Milwaukee. The vehicle crashed into a concrete barrier and went off the roadway at the Hale Interchange.
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The driver ran from the vehicle but was located and arrested a short time later with the help of the Greenfield Police Department. The East Troy man suffered non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the crash, and he was taken to a hospital.
No officers were injured.
Drug impairment is suspected to have contributed to this incident, officials said.
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Northbound traffic was slowed at the Hale Interchange for approximately two hours. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office assisted with traffic control and documentation of the crash.
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