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Police: Driver Flees After Lewiston-Portland Chase

PORTLAND, Maine — Police are looking for a woman they say led police on a high-speed car chase from Lewiston to Portland.

The driver led police on the chase that topped 100 miles per hour along the Maine Turnpike on Thursday morning. The car left the highway in Westbrook and crashed into a sign.

The driver and a passenger both fled.

The passenger, identified as 33-year-old Carlos Alcantara, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was arrested a short time later in Portland. He faces drug charges.

Police were still looking late Thursday for 24-year-old Ashley Gagne, of Lewiston, who was allegedly driving. Police at first tried to stop the vehicle for speeding.

The car had been rented in Massachusetts.