MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are reporting that the driver of a red Mercedes Benz GLE 450 was arrested after he eluded cops twice during traffic stops on the Williamsfield highway and Winston Jones highway, near Mandeville, before crashing into two vehicles including a truck on Tuesday.

There were no reports of serious injury.

A policeman who identified himself as Constable Barrett assigned to the Area Three Highway Patrol, said about 12:30 pm police were conducting speed and spot check operations along the PJ Patterson Highway (Williamsfield leg) when the Red GLE Mercedes Benz was signaled to stop.

“It was clocked at 162 kilometres per hour in a 80 kilometre zone,” the policeman said.

“The vehicle eluded us… we called for assistance. An inspector and team at Williamsfield stated that they stopped the vehicle. The driver stopped and he sped off later on resulting in collision along the Winston Jones Highway,” added the policeman.

A police source said the driver of the car identified himself as a car mart dealer. However, the police have expressed concern that it is difficult to trace cars with demonstration plates.

“We are imploring motorists when they are signaled to stop to adhere to the road signs,” said Constable Barrett.

“We have an issue with the blue plates, because once they refuse to stop, we have no way of knowing who these vehicles belong to as they cannot be identified by our current system,” added Barrett.

— Kasey Williams