(La Porte County, IN) - A man from Michigan was arrested for allegedly leading police on a high speed chase in a stolen sports car in La Porte County.

About 5 p.m. on Thursday, police said a sheriff’s deputy spotted a Porsche tailgating then passing a commercial motor vehicle from behind at high speeds on the Indiana Toll Road near Rolling Prairie.

A traffic stop was attempted but the driver refused to pull over.

The pursuit entered a construction zone where the suspect passed a line of vehicles and struck a van near the Indiana 39 exit.  The fleeing car wound up in a ditch.

Police said Shay Palmer, 31, of Muskegon fled uphill on foot through a meadow and into a tree line but after officers formed a perimeter he was captured.

His charges include auto theft and resisting law enforcement.