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EBRSO: Stolen vehicle crashes into house after pursuit, suspect in custody

2 days 14 hours 54 minutes ago Friday, January 17 2025 Jan 17, 2025 January 17, 2025 5:44 PM January 17, 2025 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE - A police chase involving a stolen vehicle resulted in a car crashing into a house on Elvin Drive on Friday, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said.

EBRSO said that they tried to stop a person with a stolen vehicle, but the person fled in the vehicle, and the car crashed into the house around 4 p.m.

Mark Ongina, an LSU student, was involved in a crash with the vehicle before it went into a house.

"I was driving to pick up my friend, but out of nowhere, somebody just kind of knocked on me on the left side, and before I realized, the car was already flying out of control a few blocks away."

Ongina says he never saw the person, but deputies at the scene told him they had caught the person involved and the truck that hit him was stolen.

No injuries were reported from the crash and a suspect is in custody.

The truck also knocked out an electric box. Multiple houses are without power.

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