Charleroi police said they're preparing to file charges against a man who led them on a three-block chase and then crashed near where a worker fell into a collapsed trench nearly two months ago .

Chewy Smalls, who lives in downtown Charleroi, won't forget how his night ended on Tuesday. A car was completely totaled after speeding through the borough with officers following.

"It was pretty exciting. There's been a lot of crazy things going on in town," Smalls said.

Charleroi Police Chief Chad Zelinsky told KDKA-TV they got called just before 9 p.m. to respond to a man, who he identifies as 28-year-old Val Smith Jr., yelling by Second and McKean. When Smith saw officers, he started to run before getting into a car and backing up at a high rate of speed with no lights on and taking off

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