Police say the man was wanted in connection with a break-in and assault in Princeton.
WEST BOYLSTON — A man who was being chased by police is dead after leaping off a highway bridge in central Massachusetts.
State police tell the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester that the man stopped his car at the side of the Interstate 190 bridge in West Boylston early Monday, got out of the vehicle, climbed over a barrier and fell into a river just as a state trooper was pulling up behind him.
The man was found dead a short time later. His name has not been released.
Police say the pursuit began around midnight when police tried to stop the vehicle on Route 140 in Sterling. It ended about a half hour later.
Police say the man was wanted in connection with a break-in and assault in Princeton on Sunday.