BUTLER, Pa. —

A person was taken to the hospital after a car crashed into a home following a police pursuit in Butler County.

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According to State Police, the pursuit began at a Sheetz on West New Castle Street in Butler Township.

Troopers say prior to the chase, they saw a man in the driver’s seat of the car with his head slumped over and not moving.

Authorities say they knocked on the window to get his attention then made multiple requests for his identification before he decided to flee.

The driver, later identified as Joseph Bailie, first hit a concrete pole in front of him, then shifted into reverse and almost hit a trooper, police said.

As Bailie approached the intersection of Hansen Avenue and State Route 356, authorities s

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