A state trooper spotted Hines driving north at 80 mph and using the breakdown lane to pass cars.
GREENFIELD - A 29-year-old Worcester man is in police custody after he crashed a stolen car on Interstate 91 at about 5 p.m. while trying to outrun state police, police said.
Damion H. Hines of 64 Coolidge Road, Worcester, abandoned his car after the crash and ran off into the woods by the highway. He was later found near Arbor Drive after police set up a perimeter, said state police spokesman David Procopio.
Hines was taken by ambulance to Franklin Medical Center after he complained to police of being in pain.
Once he is discharged from the hospital, he will be taken to the Northampton state police barracks to be booked, Procopio said.
The charges will be larceny of a motor vehicle, subsequent offense, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, refusing to stop for a police officer, driving to endanger, speeding, marked lane violations, and driving in a breakdown lane.
He is due to be arraigned Monday in Greenfield District Court. Procopio said Hines was due to appear in Worcester District Court for a previous charge of larceny of a motor vehicle.
State trooper William Loiselle began chasing Hines in Whately at about 4:45 p.m. when she spotted his 2009 Hyundai Elantra car traveling north at 80 mph and using the breakdown lane to pass other cars.
He crashed near mile marker 44.8, which is about a mile south of Exit 27 in Greenfield.
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