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Driver faces charges after police chase

A Northampton County driver is facing charges after he fled a vehicle stop and led police on a short chase.

State police at Bethlehem said the incident began at 10:40 a.m. on Sept. 5 in the 900 block of East Livingston Street in Allentown.

The driver, later identified as Gilbert Green, 58, of Walnutport, provided troopers with false identification at the stop. He then fled the scene.

Troopers pursued him for three minutes before Green crashed his vehicle into two other occupied vehicles on West Tilghman Street at Waterfront Drive, in Allentown. As troopers approached Green’s vehicle, he got out and ran. Troopers chased him and used a stun gun to take him into custody. He was charged with various offenses including fleeing or attempting to elude police. The two drivers whose vehicles were struck were not injured.