Fort Lauderdale police chase ends in violent rollover crash, police say
An investigation is underway in Fort Lauderdale after police said a suspect led them in a chase that eventually ended in a violent crash on Thursday morning.
Few details have been released, but Fort Lauderdale police told CBS News Miami that an officer attempted to pull a vehicle over, but the driver fled the scene.
Police said he eventually ended up slamming a civilian vehicle, causing a violent rollover crash that came to an end in the front yard of a home in the area of 1131 Northwest 9th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.
Witnesses describe the chaotic scene in Fort Lauderdale.
"I saw the white car coming, maybe 90 mph down the street, and I saw the black truck and the undercover police cars. When the black truck tried to ram him and put the thing out, it didn't attach, so it rammed the back of the white car, and that's what made the Mercedes flip," one witness, Kelvin Wright, said.
"I guess when they apprehended that guy, a kid and a family came out of the car upside down screaming for help before I knew it there were 20 cop cars, paramedics, all that stuff," another witness, Mike Williams, said.
The civilians in the vehicle, as well as the suspect, were taken to Broward General Hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
Police said the suspect has been wanted by Sunrise police for multiple felony charges.
No other information was released.