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By Jake Fogal
BLOOMINGTON – Illinois State Police has identified 46 year old Benjamin Herrington as the fleeing subject in the ambulance hijack seen on Interstate 55 on Monday.
A section of Interstate 55 was closed Monday evening after police chased Herrington from Chicago to Dwight.
State Police said the chase ended at about 6:30 p.m. when the ambulance stopped and Herrington was taken into custody.
Herrington is being charged with fleeing to elude a peace officer, resisting/obstructing a peace officer, and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
Herrington was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries and was released to police custody and transported to the Grundy County Jail awaiting transfer to Cook County.
Authorities said I-55 was closed in both directions near Illinois Route 17 at milepost 217.
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