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Police Investigate 2 High Speed Chases In New Bedford

NEW BEDFORD (CBS) – Police are investigating two separate high speed chases that occurred in New Bedford Monday afternoon.

The first chase started in Rochester, when according to police, 50-year-old Randall W. Harrison hit his own car with a hatchet and then fled when officers responded. During the chase, he allegedly waved the hatchet and a knife out the window.

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Items found in SUV after police chase ended in New Bedford (Image from Mass. State Police)

He was eventually stopped by an Environmental Police officer on Purchase Street. Police say Harrison had a lighter and doused himself with butane at some point during the chase.

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A driver is chased by police officers in New Bedford (Image from WPRI)

News crews, who had just covered the end of the first chase, witnessed the second pursuit. Video shows two police SUVs chasing a car that was riding on its rims. Police have not said how that chase ended or how it began.

Police say it was not related to the earlier chase.

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