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Man, 41, Hospitalized After Drunken High-speed Police Chase

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FREEMAN, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a 41-year-old man suffered serious injuries Tuesday after leading law enforcement on a drunken high-speed chase that spanned three counties and reached speeds of up to 110 mph.

State Highway Patrol Trooper Mark Nelson tells the Daily Republic ( ) that he chased the man driving a stolen SUV on paved and gravel roads Tuesday afternoon. The suspect eventually lost control of the vehicle and crashed near Freeman.

Deputies in Minnehaha and McCook counties had chased him earlier in the day but ended their pursuits.

Nelson says the man’s blood alcohol content at the scene was .175 and that he will be arrested on charges of DUI, fleeing and eluding law enforcement and being in possession of a stolen vehicle.

He was flown to Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls.

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