Overview

• Deputies attempted to stop a car driving without headlights at about 1:16 a.m. near St. Clair Avenue and East 13th Street after a supervisor approved a pursuit.
• Roughly two minutes later, the fleeing vehicle collided with another car at St. Clair Avenue and Addison Road, and the 37-year-old driver of the struck vehicle was pronounced dead at University Hospitals.
• A 24-year-old suspect was arrested on aggravated vehicular homicide and traffic charges after investigators reported finding multiple open alcohol containers in his car.
• Two passengers in the suspect’s vehicle—an adult woman and a 16-year-old girl—were hospitalized with serious injuries, a male passenger in the victim’s car was evaluated, and a sheriff’s deputy was treated for injuries.
• The sheriff’s Internal Affairs Unit and Detective Bureau are investigating with assistance from Cleveland police, and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office will review the case.