A Hinesville man led deputies from three counties on a chase at speeds reaching nearly 150 mph April 24 along Interstate 95 and Glynn County streets before eventually being arrested in Long County, according to police.

A McIntosh County Sheriff’s deputy clocked a blue Dodge Charger at 92 mph at around 10 a.m. on April 24 near mile-marker 51 as the vehicle erratically changed lanes and drove recklessly, a McIntosh County Sheriff’s Office report said.

“As I closed in on the vehicle near the 39 mile marker of I-95 the vehicle began gaining speed and changing lanes using the shoulders to pass vehicles,” the deputy wrote in the report.

As the official pursuit began, the driver exited at Exit 38, cut across traffic and into the Strike Zone parking lot where he made a loop around the store before returning to Spur 25, the police report said.

He then ran red traffic lights before turning around at the Glynco Parkway traffic signal and returning to the northbound red light at Exit 38, where he stopped, the report said.

“As I was pulling up to the red light, the driver began doing a burnout and drove directly at the front of my patrol vehicle, causing me to swerve in order to avoid a collision,” the police report said.

The driver then got back on I-95 heading south where he reached speeds greater than 140 mph before getting off at Exit 29 and heading north again.

Glynn County Sheriff’s deputies took over the chase at Exit 29. McIntosh and Glynn County deputies pursued the vehicle north on I-95 and into Long County, where deputies there took over the chase and put out stop sticks in an attempt to stop the driver, the report said.

Long County deputies lost sight of the Charger briefly. It was located a short time later on Wilder Road in Long County after the driver attempted to flee on foot, according to the police report.

Walthourville police caught up with the driver, identified as Trevon Smith, 25, of Hinesville, in the woods nearby and arrested him.

Smith told a McIntosh County deputy while being taken to jail that he had tossed a weapon in the woods while he ran, but he was unable to locate the weapon again.

Smith also told the deputy while being transported to jail that he was sorry and told him why he ran, the report said.

“Mr. Smith continued to ramble on about prior charges and other things going on in his life at the time,” the report said.