Suspect leads police on chase, causes 4-vehicle crash in Bloomington, Minn.
Old Shakopee Road will be closed between Xerxes and Zenith avenues after a police chase ended in a four-vehicle crash Tuesday morning. (Photo credit: Bloomington Police Department)
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (FOX 9) - A portion of Old Shakopee Road in Bloomington, Minnesota was closed for several hours Tuesday morning after a four-vehicle crash caused by a suspect who was fleeing police.
Around 7 a.m., the Bloomington Police Department responded a report of a domestic assault at a home on the 10000 block of Penn Avenue. The suspect fled the scene in a stolen vehicle, police spokesperson Mike Hartley said.
The suspect led police on a chase down Old Shakopee Avenue, where he caused a four-vehicle crash. Several power poles were also damaged in the incident.
The suspect, a 30-year-old St. Paul man, was taken into custody and is being held on possible charges of auto theft, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving on a revoked license and DWI. Officers believe he was drunk at the time of the incident, Hartley said.
Hartley does not believe there were anyone was seriously injured in the crash.