Man Arrested After Police Chase in NH, Mass

A Massachusetts man was arrested and charged with reckless driving, reckless conduct and disobeying a police officer after a chase that began in New Hampshire and ended with the driver crashing on Interstate 95 in Newburyport, Mass.

New Hampshire State Police said Nicholas F. Cammann, 32, of Aquinnah, Mass., may face additional charges in the case.

State Troopers were dispatched to a report of an erratic driver in a gold Pontiac Grand Am heading east on Route 101 at around 9:50 a.m. on July 8. Other drivers reported the operator was speeding and passing in the breakdown lane. A trooper near Exit 8 in Brentwood observed the reckless driving and tried to stop the car, but the driver kept going and the pursuit began, according to State Police Troop A.

Police said the driver increased his speed and continued to pass vehicles in the breakdown lane. The trooper ended the pursuit and notified police in the area of Route 101 and I-95 in Hampton, where Trooper Alex Davis deployed "stop sticks" in an attempt to stop the vehicle. Police said the driver was able to elude the sticks and proceeded south on the interstate.

Police said the driver was reported to have pulled into the New Hampshire State Liquor store in Hampton and fled. Several 911 calls reported the driver was "frantically" going from car to car in the parking lot in an attempt to steal a car, according to police.

State Troopers arriving on the scene learned the driver returned to the Grand Am and fled south again, only to lose control near road construction in Newburyport, Mass., and crashing into a jersey barrier.

Police said the driver continued south in the nearly disabled vehicle, crossed the median and to try to drive north on I-95, when he lost control and crashed off the right side of the highway

He fled on foot, but Massachusetts State Police and a K-9 unit tracked him down and took him into custody a short time later, according to New Hampshire State Police.