PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Three people, including a Portsmouth Police officer, suffered minor injuries following a chase and crash Friday in which an armed carjacker was captured and arrested, authorities said.
Portsmouth Police received a be-on-the-lookout announcement Thursday from the Hampton Police Department for a carjacking by a group of armed people on the 2600 block of Cunningham Drive in Hampton, not far from Interstate 64.
Around 9 a.m. Friday, police located the stolen vehicle on Airline Boulevard, about 25 miles south of the alleged carjacking. Police said that once the driver noticed the officers, he began to speed and eventually crashed into two vehicles that each had two people inside, also crashing into a police car.
Two victims were taken to a hospital with minor injuries, while the other two rejected medical treatment, police said.
Police have yet to release the name of the person they arrested.
One witness who lives on Airline Boulevard says he saw the car speed down the road and then heard the crash.