MUDDY CREEK TWP — A Massachusetts man is accused of leading state police on an approximately 20-mile drunken chase that reached speeds of 130 mph before he crashed his car into a ditch on Interstate 79, authorities said.

Robert L. Milgram, no age given, of Natick was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for an undisclosed reason following the wreck shortly after 7 p.m. July 3. Police said he was not injured.

Police said a trooper's hand-held radar device initially clocked Milgram's 2009 Honda Accord going 89 mph while westbound on Route 422 in Muddy Creek Township. The posted speed limit there is 55 mph.

The trooper attempted to pull over the defendant, according to court documents, but he refused to stop and ran a red light at the on-ramp to I-79 north.

A police affidavit said that when he tried to turn onto the Interstate 80 ramp in Findley Township, his car struck a guardrail and crashed into a ditch.

Read more about his case in the Butler Eagle.