High-speed car chase ends in crash in N.Y.

A high-speed chase that began in Montvale early Tuesday ended in a crash in Nanuet, N.Y., police said.

A car chase that began in Montvale ended in a crash in New York, Oct. 20, 2015, police said. (Dan Ivers | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) 

MONTVALE -- A high-speed chase that began in Montvale early Tuesday ended in a crash in Nanuet, N.Y., police said.

A Montvale police officer confronted two people in a Mercedes Benz S550 in the Montvale rest area of the Garden State Parkway at about 2:10 a.m. for suspicious behavior, Police Chief Jeremy Abrams said.

When the officer asked the driver, Quinn Heyward, 28, of Utica, N.Y., to park, he ignored him, Abrams said. Heyward drove northbound on the Garden State Parkway at a high speed.

Police chased Heyward into New York, Abrams said. They broke off out of concern for how fast Heyward was driving.

A Montvale police officer found the Mercedes shortly after. It had crashed on Old Nyack Turnpike in Nanuet, N.Y., Abrams said.

Neither occupant was injured, Abrams said.

Heyward was charged with eluding, speeding and reckless driving. His passenger wasn't charged.