Van driver leads police on chase

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Shenandoah police were called out to a gas station on I-45 around 3am. When they approached a minivan parked behind the station, the driver ran away on foot and the passenger jumped into the driver's seat and headed for the freeway. A chase followed, reaching speeds of 110 miles per hour before the minivan exited at Rankin.

The minivan circled through neighborhoods. The driver eventually crashed into a parked car on a dead end street and fled on foot.

Police caught him trying to jump a fence. Police believe the minivan was stolen in Dallas.

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