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Stolen car chase ends in crash on street in Milton

By Franci Richardson Ellement

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 03, 2012

A man suspected of stealing a car in Randolph this afternoon lost control of his car while he was being chased by police and crashed into a tree with such force that the vehicle was nearly sliced in half, officials said. Milton Police Chief Richard Wells said the man had to be extricated from the wreckage on Randolph Avenue near Brook Road and was rushed to Boston Medical Center. His condition was not immediately known. Police had to use the Jaws of Life to get him out of the car.

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