WARREN, Mich. (WXYZ) — A man has been arrested following a police chase involving a stolen vehicle, according to Warren police.
Around 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon (Jan. 7), officers saw the man driving a BMW on 8 mile and Drexel. After scanning the plate, they determined that the car had been stolen from a business in Farmington Hills in December.
Police proceeded to chase the driver, who fled into a residential area before heading westbound on 8 mile and crashing into a barrier near Sherwood Street and E Lantz Street. He tried to flee on foot before officers arrested him.
A spokesperson with the Warren Police Department told 7 Action News that the driver has been charged with auto theft, fleeing & eluding and driving without a license.
That spokesperson also said that 2 people were hospitalized from a separate crash, involving an officer who was initially involved in the car chase. He was heading southbound on Sherwood Street when a Buick heading eastbound on Outer Drive struck him.
The officer has been released after being treated for bleeding. The driver of the Buick remains hospitalized and has been asked for a blood test, as police suspect he was driving while intoxicated.
