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Oklahoma car chase ends when police force driver to crash into light pole

File photo. (Photo:  DodgertonSkillhause/Morguefile)
File photo. (Photo: DodgertonSkillhause/Morguefile)
By Jared Leone, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Dec 7, 2018

A driver fled an officer, sparking a chase Friday morning that spanned multiple cities and reached speeds of 100 mph, police said.

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Police eventually stopped the car by using a pursuit intervention maneuver that forced it off the road and caused it to crash into a light pole, video from KFOR shows.

The driver and two passengers were pulled from the car, KFOR reported. Another passenger had jumped out while it was moving earlier during the pursuit.

Their conditions and charges were unknown.

What prompted the chase is still unclear.

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