ATV Police Chase

Written by WICZ-TV

Thursday, January 07, 2010

Talk about wild police chases--there was one in Bradford County Pennsylvania this week that involved a patrol car and an ATV that police clocked at speeds up to 80 miles per hour.

Authorities say a state trooper spotted the All-Terrain Vehicle traveling along Brocktown Road in Monroe Township.

The trooper took up pursuit with lights flashing and sirens blaring, only to have the driver of the ATV slip past the patrol car and flee at a high rate of speed.

The ATV turned into a private drive, and then up a mountain--and stayed there awhile.

When the ATV eventually descended, police were waiting, and arrested 20-year-old James McKean of Towanda, and charged him with reckless endangerment and fleeing and eluding police.

Source: http://www.wicz.com/news2005/viewarticle.asp?a=12168

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