Police: Man charged after high-speed pursuit in gold van through Oxford

An Oxford police officer sitting stationary on Kehr Road in his police vehicle Oct. 13 saw gold-colored van go past driven by a man known to him to not have a valid driver’s license. That led to a chase during which the driver reached speeds nearing 100 miles per hour, passed other vehicles in no-passing zones and ran a stop sign.

The driver accelerated his vehicle when the officer activated his lights and siren to get him to stop, heading south on Kehr Road. He reportedly passed a vehicle on a double yellow area on Kehr and then went into a curve at a high rate of speed and nearly lost control of his vehicle on a second curve. He failed to stop at the stop sign at Stillwell Beckett Road making a left turn.