Man In Custody After Car Chase In Springfield

Man In Custody After Car Chase In Springfield

Man In Custody After Car Chase In Springfield

A man is in custody after crashing into a home near National and Central in Springfield while trying to elude Greene County sheriff’s deputies.

Both the suspect and a woman in the vehicle with him are being treated for injuries, although both were conscious and alert when transported from the scene.

The pursuit, which is believed to have started near Sunshine and West Bypass, went along eastbound Grand from Glenstone, then just after 5:30 a.m., authorities briefly lost sight of the vehicle at National and Walnut before seeing it on northbound National approaching Chestnut Expressway.

After slamming into the garage and bedroom area of the house in the 900 block of north National, the man apparently ran through the house before being taken into custody at 5:36 a.m.

A juvenile inside the home was treated at the scene for minor injuries from the crash debris.

Here’s the news released posted to the Greene County Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page:

This morning around 4:30am a Greene County Deputy located a male in a stolen Chevrolet truck who appeared to be stealing items from a construction site. The male quickly eluded deputies when he fled into off road terrain where deputies could not pursue. Shortly thereafter, at 4:45am the stolen truck was located in the wooded terrain, abandoned and unoccupied.

While searching the area for the suspect, around 5:22am another deputy observed a suspicious acting Chevrolet Trailblazer who appeared to be circling the immediate area where the suspect had abandoned the stolen truck. Believing the Trailblazer was involved in the stolen truck incident, a deputy conducted a traffic stop. While attempting to identify the male driver and female passenger of the Trailblazer, the occupants refused and fled in the vehicle.

Deputies pursued but lost site of the vehicle at 5:32am in the area of National Ave and Cherry St. At 5:33am an assisting Springfield Police unit reported that he had last observed the Trailblazer traveling north on National. Moments later, at 0534 hours a deputy searching for the Trailblazer discovered debris in the roadway on National north of Chestnut which led him to discover the Trailblazer crashed into a home at 914 N. National Ave. After a brief foot pursuit, the injured male driver was taken into custody. Both occupants of the Trailblazer were transported to a local hospital for medical evaluation and treatment. A female juvenile inside the home received minor injury from debris. She was treated on scene by responding medical crew and refused additional care.

At this time, it is not believed that the driver of the Trailblazer was also the driver of the stolen Chevrolet truck however his relationship to that incident is still undetermined. This is an ongoing investigation, additional information will be released as soon as it becomes available.

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