Overview
- Deputies responded around 11 a.m. to a reported business theft near the 300 block of West Hillsboro Boulevard in Deerfield Beach.
- Investigators said the suspect battered a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy before fleeing in a vehicle.
- The pursuit ended on southbound I-95 near the Atlantic Boulevard exit in Pompano Beach with a rollover crash involving a BSO vehicle.
- Pompano Beach Fire Rescue transported the suspect to a hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening, and another person was treated for minor injuries.
- Road rangers initially closed all southbound lanes and created about a two-mile backup, then reopened several lanes as the investigation continued and drivers were urged to avoid the area.