SACO — Saco police are trying to find a man who got away after crashing a stolen car on Main Street.
An officer pulled over a 2003 Subaru Impreza at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday near City Hall on Main Street. The driver stopped, but after the officer got out and walked toward the car, the driver sped off, police said.
At the same time, dispatchers notified the officer the car had been stolen in Portland Monday monring.
Police estimate the car accelerated to close to 100 mph before crashing within a mile of the stop, at Ross Road. Officers could find no occupants amid the smoke and smashed-out rear window, and began to search the surrounding woods.
A police dog tracked footprints and drops of blood to Industrial Park Road but lost the trail.
Portland police say the car was stolen on Emery Street at 5:30 a.m. after the owner started it and went back inside to let it warm up.
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