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Police chase ends as Mustang lands in Roanoke drainage ditch, police say
ROANOKE, Va. โ Authorities are investigating a police chase in Roanoke that ended with a crash on Thursday morning. Before the chase began, officers in a marked police car on Electric Road recognized the person driving a Ford Mustang as someone wanted on multiple charges in Roanoke and Botetourt counties, according to Virginia State Police. Full Screen Full Screen 1 / 5 Ford Mustang crashes in a Roanoke drainage ditch. Staying on Franklin Road and entering Roanoke city limits, when the driver attempted to make a left turn from Franklin Road onto Brandon Avenue SW, at Georgeโs Flowers, the Mustang went through the yard at Georgeโs and crashed under the bridge. AdFirst responders took the person to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital to be treated and no one else was hurt in the pursuit.