One person is dead, and another is injured after a pursuit involving the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office ended in a fiery crash, according to Cuyahoga County Press Secretary Jennifer Ciaccia.
Around 10 p.m. on Friday, sheriff's deputies attempted a traffic stop on E. 9th Street in Cleveland, but the vehicle fled from the deputies onto I-90 going eastbound. The deputies pursued the vehicle, Ciaccia said.
The vehicle then struck another vehicle while exiting the freeway onto Eddy Road, Ciaccia said.
The uninvolved vehicle was thrown off the traffic bridge, and the driver, a 48-year-old woman, was ejected, Ciaccia said. Both vehicles caught fire.
Cleveland EMS responded to the scene and pronounced the 45-year-old driver of the pursued vehicle dead. The other driver was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
The crash is still under investigation.
