Panicked after his car crashed into an iron pole in the Mulund area, a 26-year-old driver led police on a nearly 11-km chase on a highway, leaving behind a trail of six to seven damaged vehicles before he was arrested, police officers said on Monday.

The car was intercepted after a chase on the Eastern Express Highway at Vikhroli on Sunday night. Preliminary medical tests revealed that the driver, identified as Karan Mohite, was not driving drunk, an officer said. Mohite’s car crashed into an iron pole located near a police outpost in Vaishali Nagar area of Mulund on Sunday night.