Investigators with the Xenia Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said the incident started as an attempted traffic stop on Ohio 4 south of Ohio 235 in Greene County. Troopers said they attempted to stop the vehicle for traffic violations when the vehicle refused to stop.
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Troopers pursued the vehicle until it crashed in the area of Lower Valley Pike near Ohio and the driver dashed into a wooded area.
Deputies from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office and the Springfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol assisted in attempting to locate the suspect, but were unsuccessful.
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Investigators said they have an idea who the suspect is because he left his cell phone behind inside the vehicle while he ran from the crash.
Additional details were not available.
FIRST REPORT
Troopers with the state patrol have called off a search in Clark County for a man who ran from them after crashing his vehicle while trying to elude a traffic stop.
Clark County sheriff's deputies joined troopers along Lower Valley Pike, in the area of state Routes 4 and 369 (South Tecumseh Road) for the man. They seized the man's vehicle, but did not find him after searching a wooded area in the vicinity of George Rogers Clark Park.
A trooper tells us the pursuit began earlier Thursday evening in Greene County on state Route 4, continued to I-70 and back onto Route 4 when he crashed.
The trooper tells us the state patrol knows who they are looking for and will get a warrant to search his address.
We'll update this report as more information becomes available.
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