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Authorities at the scene said Cragg and a woman were arrested after a police pursuit that began as a traffic stop at 7:49 p.m. on Lafayette and Maryland avenues. Speeds reached up to 85 mph before the chase ended with the suspects’ SUV slamming into a house at Kenton and York streets.
Cragg and the woman were trapped when the vehicle came to rest on its top and catching fire. Springfield fire crews pulled the occupants from the vehicle and extinguished the flames. Both were taken to Springfield Regional Medical Center, police said Thursday.
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Police recovered cash, 148 doses of heroin, 19 grams of cocaine, 8 grams of marijuana and 46 pills from the vehicle, police said.
Three guns also were recovered, police said.
The crash also caused significant damage to the home struck.
The woman in the incident has not yet been identified.