CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – A Chesapeake police officer was involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer Monday afternoon.
Police confirmed the officer was pulling into traffic on Route 58 eastbound around 12:44 p.m. when the marked vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer.
The officer was in the process of trying to locate a suspect who had fled from officers earlier in the day in another area of Chesapeake, although police said the officer was not actively engaged in a pursuit at the time of this crash. They said he was attempting to catch up to the suspect to conduct a traffic stop…