PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A driver was arrested in Delaware County after a wild police chase that started in West Philadelphia.

Chopper 6 was overhead around 7:15 p.m. Thursday as a person in a white Chevrolet Malibu led Philadelphia officers through city streets.

The driver, identified by police as 33-year-old Anthony Elam, could be seen speeding past cars, even appearing to hit an SUV during the chase.

The pursuit moved into Upper Darby and then Lansdowne before officers swarmed the vehicle to make an arrest near the 100 block of E. Plumstead Avenue.

Doris Alexander watched everything unfold from her front porch.

"I was very shocked. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Police were everywhere," she recalled.

Chopper 6 was overhead as Elam was taken into custody after a brief al

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