Man steals cruiser in Ohio, leads police on dangerous chase

LORAIN, Ohio – Authorities say a man being transferred by police to county sheriff’s deputies in Ohio jumped into a police cruiser and led officers and state Highway Patrol troopers on a dangerous high-speed chase on rain-slicked roads.

WJW-TV reports the theft and chase began Friday afternoon in Lorain County and ended in neighbouring Erie County when the man drove over a stop stick and crashed into a ditch. A 5-minute-long dashcam video released by the Ohio State Highway Patrol shows the man dangerously weaving through traffic.

The Lorain Morning Journal reports Lorain police went to a home shortly before noon Friday for a report of a mental health crisis and leaned the man had warrant with the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office.

The unidentified man was taken to a hospital after the chase.