Video shows driver crashing over hillside following police chase in Pittsburgh area
Charges are expected against a man after he allegedly led law enforcement on a police chase through several communities in Allegheny County on Wednesday.
The police chase started in Richland Township and moved into Hampton Township before ending with a crash in Shaler Township. American Telecom's surveillance system captured the dramatic moment when the suspect, behind the wheel of an SUV, went over a hillside and landed upside down in a creek near Eighth Avenue.
Butler police said the chase started when 27-year-old Richard Russell stole a 2012 Ford Escape from the Sunoco gas station on East Jefferson Street.
Officers with the Northern Regional Police Department spotted the vehicle heading southbound on Route 8. Russell turned into a neighborhood, driving through yards, before getting away, authorities said.
Officers with the Hampton Township Police Department tried to deploy spike strips, and shortly after, Russell reached Shaler and crashed.
Butler police said they'll file charges against Russell, including theft of a motor vehicle, receiving stolen property, fleeing and eluding and multiple misdemeanors.
Russell was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
