FRAMINGHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - A man is facing criminal charges after he led troopers on a high-speed chase on Interstate 90 from Boston to Framingham on Thursday morning, authorities said.
Joseph A. Lyman, 46, of Monterey, was released from custody after being arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on charges including driving an unregistered motor vehicle, failure to stop for police, failure to use turn signals, and refusing to identify himself to police, according to Massachusetts State Police.
Troopers attempted to stop a Kia Sorrento with an expired registration on the westbound side of the highway in Boston around 7 a.m. but Lyman refused to stop and fled, at the time reaching excessive speeds, state police said.
In court, prosecutors said he kept waving his hands out the front window and then his wallet.
The chase came to end in Framingham when troopers deployed spike strips. Aerial video showed at least 10 cruisers stopped on the highway as troopers approached Lyman and took him into custody without incident.
The incident caused lengthy traffic delays on both sides of the highway. Lyman blamed all this on anxiety.
“I know I backed up traffic and caused a scare. I live out in Berkshire County so I apologize to the people coming in from Berkshire County that I backed up this morning,” he said.
He is due back in court in June.
There were no additional details immediately available.
A man wanted in two states was arrested following a high-speed chase that prompted the closure of a stretch of the Pike in Western Massachusetts on Wednesday morning.
Both chases remain under investigation.
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