Man shot dead after high-speed chase

Updated 11.35 Fri Aug 31 2007
Keywords: Ohio, Charles Bennett, Blue Ash, police, US, car chase

A man has been shot dead by US police, after he allegedly tried to use his vehicle to run officers down in a high-speed car chase.

The pursuit began when police officers tried to stop the man, who was spotted driving erratically near a high school campus in Blue Ash, Ohio.

The pursuit began when police officers tried to stop the man, who was spotted driving erratically near a high school campus in Blue Ash, Ohio

Officials say the car - which had been reported as stolen - was being used as a weapon, after it collided with two patrol cars and accelerated when officers approached the vehicle on foot.

The high-speed chase was filmed by a camera mounted in one of the police cars.

The driver was later identified as 37-year-old Charles Bennett, a local man.

One officer was treated and then released from hospital, and another was treated at the scene.

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