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(Update) Standoff: Police Release Details On Incident Near Central Mass School

Police said a standoff near Cushing Academy in Ashburnham Thursday morning, March 30, ended peacefully after a suspect who led officers on a chase locked himself in his truck near the Worcester County school and refused to come, Massachusetts State Police said. 

Massachusetts State Police

Massachusetts State Police

Photo Credit: Massachusetts State Police

The driver's name was not released. 

The chase began in Winchendon after the driver assaulted an officer and sped away, authorities said. He led officers on a prolonged chase that ended in Ashburnham after he made a series of poor choices and ended up trapped in a woodline near the college prep academy on Route 101.

Ashburnham police said the standoff with the suspect ended around 9:45 a.m.  

Mass State troopers originally said the school was locked down, but officials later clarified Cushing Academy remained operating as usual, though administrators were in constant contact with police. 

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