Spectacular car crash leads to charges

A man who knocked over a stoplight, a three-story light pole and a tree Sunday when he crashed his 1983 Chevrolet El Camino in downtown Spokane was cited for reckless driving, possession of marijuana and for having no insurance, police said.

Anthony J. Casados, 23, said he was at Zip’s on North Division Street when a man approached him with a gun. Casados said he sped away and the gunman and another man chased him in a white SUV.

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