Euclid police pursuit leads to crash on St. Clair Avenue, 4 hospitalized

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland police and EMS responded to a crash at St Clair Avenue and East 105th Street Monday night.

Cleveland EMS confirmed four people were taken to University Hospitals. Officials say the people taken were a 56-year-old woman, a 15-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy.

Cleveland police confirmed Euclid police were involved in a pursuit that ended in a crash in the Glenville neighborhood.

Euclid police released a report on the crash Tuesday afternoon, saying the chase started after officers were alerted by FLOCK cameras that a stolen vehicle was traveling around St. Clair Avenue in Euclid.

Officers located the stolen vehicle, a Kia Sportage, and followed it until backup arrived and a stop was initiated on Rockwell Drive.

Police say the driver fled onto Babbitt Road and the stop was terminated. The car was later seen stopped at a red light on Euclid Avenue and Highland Road, according to police.

“One Officer attempted to block the Kia with his police cruiser and approached the driver’s side of the suspect vehicle, on foot. The suspect driver turned the Kia towards the Officer on foot and struck the Officer as he sped away a second time,” Euclid police wrote in the release.

The officer was not seriously injured, police say, and was later treated and released from a local hospital.

Police pursued the car as it fled into Cleveland, officials say, and at St. Clair Avenue and East 105th Street the stolen car crashed into another car.

Immediately after the crash, police say a Euclid cruiser hit an oil slick and slid into the other car.

Police confirmed a 15-year-old boy who was in the stolen car fled but was caught by police. a 14-year-old girl in the stolen car and the 15-year-old driver remained at the scene, according to police.

The crash injured a 56-year-old woman in the struck vehicle, as well as all three teens in the stolen car, police say.

Officers say they located a loaded handgun reported stolen out of Euclid. Police confirmed charges will be filed against the two teen boys in the suspect vehicle.

Euclid police concluded saying all four parties remain hospitalized Tuesday morning with non-life-threatening injuries.

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