JUST IN: Police shared new details on the driver accused of fleeing multiple crashes he caused, then a police stop on the Mass. Turnpike, and was caught in a swamp.
A driver who fled multiple crashes he caused, then a police stop, on the Massachusetts Turnpike Sunday afternoon in a wild chase that ended with his arrest in a swamp is now facing multiple charges, officials said.
The incident was first reported about 5:27 p.m., when people called police about a Cadillac being driven west down the highway moving erratically and causing crashes but driving on. Police said a trooper spotted the car in Charlton but the driver wouldn't stop.Sign up for NECN newsletters. Rodriguez was apprehended a short time later in waist-deep water in a swamp off Simpson Road, police said. Drugs and alcohol were allegedly found in his Cadillac.
Rodriguez's car also hit a second vehicle, a Toyota RAV4 driven by a 62-year-old New York man, but police said he was not hurt in the crash.
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