A Jim Thorpe police cruiser damaged during a high-speed chase in April has been deemed a total loss by an insurance company.

Mayor Michael Sofranko said Thursday night the borough’s police committee has met to begin determining the next steps.

“We’re still awaiting final numbers from the insurance company and then we can come back to borough council with a recommended plan of action as far as replacing it,” Sofranko said.

Vincent Valentini, 50, of Lehighton, was arraigned last month on multiple charges including aggravated assault by vehicle.

Sofranko said Jim Thorpe police were assisting in the pursuit when the incident happened.

“I think the biggest impact for us is we had quite a bit of equipment on that car,” he said. “It had one of our license plate readers that we installed in some of our vehicles through an almost $30,000 Local Share Account state grant. A lot of that goes into why it’s taking some time to get exact numbers back from our insurance.”

According to state police, Valentini was traveling at a high rate of speed near the Thomas J. McCall Memorial Bridge when trooper Mark Bower attempted a traffic stop at around 2:30 a.m.

“I recognized the vehicle from a prior pursuit with state police,” Bower wrote in an affidavit of probable cause. “I had to accelerate my vehicle to over 80 mph and did not gain ground.”

Valentini turned off the lights on his vehicle and sped away from police. A pursuit intervention technique at the Maury Road and Route 903 intersection was unsuccessful.

The chase went through Jim Thorpe Borough and Mahoning, Franklin and Penn Forest townships.

Summit Hill police performed a successful spike on Valentini’s vehicle, which came to rest at the Mill and Crossover Road intersection after driving off a nearly 20-foot cliff.