Police Chase Ends with Shots Fired, Crash in Burlington

A high-speed police chase came to an abrupt end Monday evening on Cambridge Road in Burlington after an officer fired two shots at the fleeing vehicle, which crashed.

At a Monday night press conference, Burlington Police Chief Michael Kent said the chase started at about 7 p.m. after an officer spotted a white van (pictured above) with plates belonging to a different vehicle and the driver of the van then fled, according to NECN’s Tim Caputo, @Tim_Caputo.

Kent said the driver, an out-of-state male who is now in custody, reached speeds over 80 mph during the chase, hit several vehicles, including police cars, and had a number of credit cards and high-end electronics in the van, according to NECN’s Josh Brogadir, @joshbNECN.

An officer who was directing traffic fired two shots at the van when the driver drove at him, Kent said, via Caputo. A female in one of the vehicles hit by the van was taken to a local hospital.