Three teenage girls arrested after high-speed joyride on turnpike

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Three teenage girls were arrested after leading police on a high-speed chase from Pittsburgh to the Turnpike.

The three girls, ages 14, 15 and 16, earlier this month allegedly ran away from New Outlook Academy, a private residential high school in Baldwin for at-risk girls.

Police believe the girls stole a work van from Brownsville Road and later led state police on a high-speed chase down the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

State police say the white Chevrolet van the girls were in was driving erratically around 8 am on December 1.

The Post-Gazette reports the van reached speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour and hit three cars.

The van stopped at a gas station parking lot at the Somerset interchange and that's where police apprehended the girls.

Police say a gun was found inside the van, but it wasn't clear if the gun was already in the van when it was stolen.

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