Two people are in custody after fleeing police in Wawa.
Superior East Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded to a northbound traffic complaint on Highway 17 south of Wawa around 9 o'clock Tuesday morning - a black sedan was reported to be driving at a high rate of speed and passing unsafely, with police also informed the vehicle's occupants were suspects in a Thessalon-area gas theft.
Officers located the vehicle around 11:15 that morning on Highway 17 near Red Rock Lake in Lake Superior Provincial Park, but attempts to stop the vehicle with spike belts were unsuccessful.
A short time later, the driver requested gasoline from an off-duty OPP sergeant on Steephill Dam Road, north of Wawa - the sergeant advised on-duty officers and the roadway was contained, with the vehicle eventually located stuck with the two occupants trying to free it - they failed to do so and fled on foot into the surrounding wooded area, prompting a search assisted by the Northeast Region OPP Canine Unit and Emergency Response Team.
The two ended up surrendering themselves to police around 8 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Police say the pair face numerous charges, but a full list - and further details about the accused - will be released later.