On September 7, 2010 at approximately 2145hrs the Connecticut State Police Troop E received numerous calls of a vehicle operating erraticly on I395 and RT 2A in Montville. The vehicle passed a State Trooper on RT 2A at a high rate of speed, turning south onto RT 12. As the vehicle traveled southbound on RT 12 into Ledyard it passed a Ledyard Police cruiser at a high rate of speed. The vehicle then struck the rear of another southbound vehicle and came to rest. As a result of this crash a passenger in the second vehicle was transported to the hospital for minor injuries. The operator of the first vehicle, Phillip R. Denning Jr. DOB 10/17/1964 of 20 West Dr in Gales Ferry, was arrested by the Ledyard Police Department and charged with the following: Reckless Driving, Engaging in Pursuit, Operating a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence, Following Too Closely, Reckless Endangerment 1st, and Interfering with a Police Officer.The operator of the second vehicle, Anthony Longo of Groton, was uninjured.