Manhattan Police Chase Ends After Multiple Car Crashes

MANHATTAN, NY — One driver was arrested after crashing into several cars, including two police cars, while fleeing the police in Manhattan Tuesday morning, New York City Police Department officials said.

According to the NYPD, the police first received a call about a car crash around 6:53 a.m. Tuesday on Park Avenue, between East 49th Street and East 50th Street.

When police arrived at the scene, they instructed the driver, a 45-year-old man, to pull over.

Then, the driver sped off and collided with several other cars, including two police cars, during a chase that took police downtown to Union Square and then back uptown to 59th Street and Fifth Avenue, before he was cornered and arrested at East 50th Street and Lexington Avenue, officials said.

No injuries were reported as a result of the chase, but there was property damage to multiple vehicles, police said.

Police are still investigating the incident, officials said.

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