Suspect on loose following multi-county chase of stolen vehicle
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) — Law enforcement are searching for a person they say ran off following a chase through Bladen and Sampson County.
The pursuit began Sunday evening when the Elizabethtown Police received a hit on a possible stolen vehicle using its license plate reader system.
Police caught up with the vehicle around 8:00 p.m. near US 701 and Broad Street, but the driver took off.
The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office joined the Elizabethtown Police in pursuit of the vehicle, which continued into Sampson County.
A Bladen County Sheriff’s Office vehicle was damaged and unable to continue in the pursuit, which ended near Clinton when the suspect crashed their vehicle while trying to cross a canal.
Police say the suspect ran off and is still on the loose. No suspect information is currently available.
There were no injuries in the chase which resulted in damage to a Bladen County Sheriff’s Office cruiser, an Elizabethtown PD cruiser and one civilian vehicle.
