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Four teenage girls’ early morning joy ride turned into a two-state, high-speed police chase that ended in a crash.(7)Deputies used stop sticks to finally slow down the fleeing teens from Erwin, Tenn. all either 13 or 14 years old who led officers on a 46-mile Interstate 26 chase in a stolen Jeep Liberty. The chase, which approached speeds of 100 mph, ended about 4 a. m. Tuesday when the teens crashed into a telephone pole. The chain of events started shortly before 3 a. m. when one of the girls stole the Jeep from a friend’s mother. Erwin police were notified, and officers put out an alert for the vehicle, Erwin Police Chief Regan Tilson said. The 14-year-old driver suffered a broken wrist and head wound, said her mother, Mysti Potter. Potter said her daughter panicked when officers began pursuit, and one bad thing led to another.(8)Madison officers said Potter’s daughter will be charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest, felony possession of a stolen vehicle, speeding and reckless endangerment, according to her mother.