LEWISTON — A high-speed chase that started Thursday morning in the Lewiston-Auburn area ended with a car crashing in Portland.

Trooper John Davis said he attempted to pull over a car for speeding in the Lewiston-Auburn area, but the vehicle sped up in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95, according to Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland. Speeds exceeded 100 mph during the chase, according to McCausland.

The chase left I-95 at the Westbrook exit and continued through Wesbrook and Portland until the car crashed into a street sign on Allen Avenue in Portland.

A man and woman were reported to be seen leaving the scene. Police later arrested a male suspect walking along Washington Avenue in Portland, according to McCausland.

Police are still searching for the female suspect.

This story will be updated when more details are available.

LEWISTON — Police on Thursday were looking for a Lewiston woman involved in a Thursday morning high-speed chase that ended in a crash in Portland.

Ashley Gagne, 24, of Lewiston was driving a Massachusetts rental car in Lewiston when Maine State Police trooper John Davis attempted to stop the speeding car, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said.

The vehicle sped up in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95, McCausland said, and reached 100 mph during the chase.

The chase left I-95 at the Westbrook exit and continued through Westbrook and Portland until the car crashed into a street sign on Allen Avenue in Portland.

Gagne and her passenger, 33-year-old Carlos Alcantara of Fitchburg, Mass., were reported to be seen leaving the crash scene. Police later arrested Alcantara walking along Washington Avenue in Portland, McCausland said. Alcantara was charged with possessing bath salts and taken to the Cumberland County Jail.

Gagne remained at large later Thursday.

Agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency joined the investigation.