State Police troopers attempted to stop a silver Toyota Tacoma for speeding and reckless driving, police said.
EAST BRUNSWICK -- A Hackensack man was charged with DWI after he led authorities on a car chase on the New Jersey Turnpike that ended when he encountered a spike trip, police said.
Lt. Brian Polite, a State Police spokesman, said the pursuit started at around 5:50 a.m. on the Turnpike's northbound car lanes near milepost 79 in East Brunswick. The suspect, later identified as Benjamin Torres, 34, was eventually arrested at around 6:07 a.m. near milepost 98.5 in Carteret, Polite said.
Torres was driving a silver Toyota Tacoma when authorities attempted to stop him for speeding and reckless driving, Polite said. Torres refused to stop after a marked patrol car deployed its emergency lights and sirens, Polite said.
He said at around milepost 92, authorities deployed spike strips and Torres ran over the strips.
He was arrested and charged with DWI and eluding, Polite said.
Both vehicles never went above 75 mph and traffic on the highway was relatively light, Polite said.
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