Multiple agencies are investigating after a man wanted for a domestic assault led authorities on a pursuit and caused a fatal crash in Maplewood Friday night.

According to the Roseville Police Department, officers were investigating a felony-level domestic assault on the 800 block of Grandview Avenue. The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office says that Nicholas John Price, 37, had physically assaulted his ex-girlfriend and threatened to light her on fire.

Roseville police said the victim of the assault left the address and contacted police from a separate location; however, Price was believed to still be at the home. A Roseville officer drove to the area in an unmarked vehicle and saw Price leave the home and get into a car.

The officer followed Price to the area of County Road C and Rice Street, where law enforcement tried to use a PIT maneuver to stop the vehicle, but he was able to drive away into the city of Maplewood. Roseville officers lost sight of the car, ended their search along Little Canada Road near I-35E and requested help from other agencies.

A Ramsey County Sheriff’s deputy saw the car going south on Edgerton Street at a high rate of speed and tried to catch up to it for one mile. Because Price was driving too fast, authorities had trouble maintaining visual contact with the vehicle.

While the deputy continued to follow, Price slammed into a car making a lefthand turn at the intersection of Bellwood Avenue and Edgerton Street in Maplewood at 10:30 p.m.

Price later told investigators he did not know he was still being followed by police at the time of the crash.

The lone occupant of the other vehicle was brought to the hospital, where he later died after suffering cardiac arrest. His identity has not yet been released.

Price was arrested at the scene and brought to the hospital for treatment of injuries from the crash. He is currently in custody at Ramsey County Jail pending numerous charges, including criminal vehicular homicide.

According to the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, Price has been arrested or charged 38 times in the last 14 years by eight different agencies. The crimes range from illegally carrying a firearm, burglary, felony domestic assault, fleeing police in motor vehicles and drunken driving.

The Roseville Police Department is investigating the felony domestic case and the initial pursuit within their city limits and the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the pursuit that resulted in the crash. The Minnesota State Patrol is assisting in the crash investigation.