SOMERVILLE, MASS. (WHDH) - A state police K-9 took down a driver who fled on foot after allegedly leading troopers on a car chase from Charlestown to Somerville early Monday morning.
Two troopers, a recent graduate of the State Police Academy and his field training officer, saw the driver of a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer commit motor vehicle violations on Rutherford Avenue in Charlestown around 2:15 a.m., state police said.
The troopers, who were in one cruiser, attempted to stop the vehicle but the driver, later identified as 32-year-old Jerry Martinez, of Lynn, allegedly refused to stop.
Martinez continued on Route 99 and then onto Route 38, where he blew a tire on a curb, according to state police.
He allegedly kept driving at a low speed, about 25 mph, before the car came to a stop on Route 28 at Butler Street in Somerville.
Martinez and his passenger, a 24-year-old East Boston man, exited the vehicle and fled on foot, state police said.
Troopers apprehended the passenger immediately, while Martinez allegedly scaled a fence into the surrounding neighborhood as a trooper deployed his electronic control weapon.
Around 3:20 a.m., a state police K-9 unit located Martinez on Sidney Street in Somerville wedged between a vinyl fence and a chain-link fence in brush.
The trooper deployed his dog, who apprehended Martinez.
He was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment of an injury he suffered while jumping the fence and for a dog bite sustained during his apprehension, state police said.
Upon his discharge from the hospital, Martinez is expected to be charged with operating under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and several other motor vehicle offenses, trespassing, and possession of open containers of alcohol and marijuana in a motor vehicle.
His passenger was questioned and released.
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