BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A driver in a stolen car led police on a high-speed chase Wednesday night that came to a crashing end in Brockton and left three officers hospitalized.
An officer who spotted the stolen Toyota tried to pull over the driver, later identified as Admilson Pereira,19, of Dorchester, on Dover Street around 6 p.m. but he refused to stop and sped away, according to Brockton police.
Two cruisers pursued Pereira from opposite directions.
Instead of stopping for police, Pereira allegedly swerved out of the way and scraped the oncoming cruiser, sending it flying into the other at the intersection of West Elm Street and Byron Avenue.
Pereira came to a stop a few blocks away and one of the officers involved in the crash pursued him on foot and eventually took him into custody.
One officer was taken to a Boston hospital with serious injuries. Two others are receiving treatment for minor injuries at Good Samaritan Hospital.
All are expected to be OK.
Crews spent hours clearing debris from the road.
Pereira is facing several charges including failure to stop for police and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.
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