🌱 Why a 90 mph stolen Corvette chase ended by Exit 60

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• Why a 90 mph stolen Corvette chase ended by Exit 60

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📰 News we're reading

• 90 MPH Chase In Stolen Corvette From NJ Ends In Crash, Foot Pursuit, Police Say (dailyvoice.com) — A high-speed chase in a reportedly stolen Corvette ended in a crash along the eastbound Long Island Expressway near Exit 60 in Ronkonkoma, followed by a brief foot pursuit. Police say the 20-year-old driver from Farmingville was arrested, treated for non-life-threatening injuries, and now faces multiple charges, while detectives ask anyone with information to contact the Fourth Squad.
   

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