Read Article A damaged 2002 Ford Super Duty pickup towing a U-Haul trailer sits beside the southbound lanes of the Maine Turnpike on Tuesday after the driver, David Stoddard, 49, of Topsham, led police on a high-speed chase from Kennebunk to York, according to Maine State Police. The pursuit ended when Stoddard crashed near mile marker 4. Maine State Police photo A relative of the man who led police on a dangerous, high-speed chase this week said she begged Brunswick police to take him into custody and get him to a hospital hours before the pursuit began. But Brunswick officers refused and told Trista Toothaker, 32, that there was nothing they could do. Although her uncle, David Stoddard, 49, was acting irrationally and speaking in gibberish, police permitted Stoddard to drive away from the Fairfield Inn on Old Portland Road on Tuesday morning, Toothaker said.