I-95 south shut down in Pompano Beach after police chase, Broward Sheriff's Office says
The Broward Sheriff's Office said Interstate 95 south will be closed until further notice in Pompano Beach after a police chase ended in a crash on Friday morning.
Few details have been released, but the BSO said deputies responded to reports of a theft at a local business near the 300 block of West Hillsboro Boulevard in Deerfield Beach around 11 a.m.
According to investigators, while deputies were at the scene, the suspect attacked a deputy then fled the scene in a vehicle.
A pursuit then began but ended in a crash on I-95 south just north of Atlantic Boulevard, according to the BSO.
The unidentified suspect was taken into custody and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officials said that I-95 south at Atlantic Boulevard would be shut down until further notice, and motorists are being asked to avoid the area and seek an alternate route.
No other information was released.