WOBURN, MASS. (WHDH) - A wild, early morning police chase in Burlington ended with a rollover crash in Woburn that left the suspected drunk driver and multiple miniature alcohol bottles ejected from the vehicle, Burlington police said.
A Burlington police officer attempted to pull over a vehicle on Middlesex Turnpike about 2:05 a.m. after noticing the driver operating erratically and missing taillights, police said. The driver, who was initially driving at a low rate of speed, suddenly sped up to 95 mph, swerved on the roadway, and got onto Interstate 95 northbound.
While refusing to stop for police, the driver exited the highway at exit 34 onto Winn Street, where he suddenly turned around and drove back up the ramp in the wrong direction, nearly striking the police cruiser, police said. The driver proceeded the wrong way down I-95 before jumping an on-ramp median and heading back north.
The driver attempted to exit the highway again at exit 35 at Route 38 but lost control, causing the car to roll over and crash at the bottom of the highway ramp, police said.
The driver was ejected from the vehicle and taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Officers also found several miniature bottles of alcohol ejected from the car, according to police.
The driver is being identified as a 24-year-old from Uganda; however, police say multiple forms of conflicting identification were found at the scene and in the vehicle, so he has not been positively identified at this time.
The incident remains under investigation by Burlington police.
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