TOLEDO, Ohio — A 45-year-old man has been charged with failing to comply with the order of a police officer and incarcerated after a high-speed, multi-highway chase in northwest Ohio on Dec. 8.
A trooper attempted to arrest Michael Andrickson, from Flushing, New York, for impaired driving after he was pulled over for speeding in the late evening. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the trooper smelled marijuana coming from Andrickson's vehicle and asked for his license. Andrickson provided the trooper with a license "that did not appear to be his." The trooper asked Andrickson to sit in the patrol car, at which point Andrickson walked back to his vehicle and fled, leading troopers on a high-speed chase with speeds well over 100 mph.
Authorities said the chase began on the turnpike. Other troopers became involved in the pursuit and used spike strips to flatten one of the vehicle's tires.
Andrickson then crashed through one of the turnpike exits and the pursuit continued on I-75, followed by westbound I-475. He eventually sideswiped one of the trooper vehicles before crashing into a guardrail and losing a tire at the I-475 WB/US 23 interchange.
Andrickson exited the vehicle and ran across the highway on foot. A trooper tackled him and both rolled down a steep hill. The trooper was injured while rolling down the hill and was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The trooper has since been released from the hospital.
OSHP said Andrickson could face additional charges in Lucas and Erie counties as a result of the original traffic stop on the turnpike.
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