SOLON, Ohio — The Solon Police Department has provided more details about a vehicle pursuit and crash that occurred on Friday, Dec. 3 that left a female dead.
A police officer on patrol witnessed a blue Ford Fusion traveling eastbound on Solon Road from Erico Drive on Friday night. Upon sight, the police officer realized that the vehicle was in the police database as a stolen vehicle that was robbed at gunpoint the day before.
The officer began an attempt to stop the vehicle, but the driver drove away eastbound onto Solon Road. The high speed pursuit continued into the Village of Bentleyville and Chagrin Falls.
Moments later, the Solon police officer lost sight of the vehicle, and the pursuit ended. Another neighboring police agency pursued the car before the Ford Fusion returned to Solon Road.
The Solon police officer put out stop sticks, resulting in the suspect’s vehicle losing control and crashing with two other automobiles. A female passenger in one of the struck vehicles died later Friday night. She has been identified by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office as 85-year-old Sally Schultz of Chagrin Falls.
"The Solon Police Department and entire Solon Community express our sincere condolences to her family and friends," the department added in its release.
The two suspects, a 19-year-old Berea native and a 20-year-old Cleveland male were taken to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.The drivers of the other vehicles involved in the crash were also taken to local hospitals but were non-life-threatening injuries.
None of the police officers involved in the pursuit were injured.
Currently, the investigation remains ongoing. Criminal charges are pending.
This is a developing story. Stay with 3News for more details as they become available.
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