A car chase that started with a police alert for a possible psychiatric emergency and domestic incident ended Saturday when a driver crashed into several vehicles on northbound I-75 near Paddock Road. Officers then briefly chased the suspect on foot before taking him into custody.
The pursuit began around 2:47 p.m., when Hamilton County Police dispatch told officers to watch for a person traveling northbound on I-75 who was wanted on several felony warrants, including one for strangulation, and may have been carrying a firearm. Lockland officers later spotted a vehicle matching the description around the 13.4-mile marker and tried to stop it, but the driver did not yield.
From there, the chase spread across several jurisdictions, including Butler County, before it looped back into Hamilton County. The crash near Paddock Road brought it to an abrupt end, turning what began as a traffic stop attempt into a major interstate scene with multiple agencies responding.
All occupants inside the suspect’s vehicle were evaluated and taken to local hospitals. Occupants of the other vehicles were checked by Cincinnati Fire/EMS and suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. The suspect’s identity has not yet been released.
The most unresolved part of the case is what led to the reported psychiatric emergency and possible domestic incident in the first place. For now, officials have tied the day’s ending to a fast-moving pursuit, a crash involving several vehicles, and an arrest that came only after the driver tried to run on foot.
