INDIANAPOLIS — A man is facing multiple charges in connection to a police chase near Beech Grove that ended in a multiple-vehicle crash.
On June 23, a Beech Grove police spokesperson said officers located a vehicle that had been reported stolen June 20 from a food delivery driver. Before officers could try to stop the car, it fled from officers on Thompson Road.
The chase reached speeds of up to 70 miles per hour and ended in a rollover crash on U.S. 31 and Banta Road when the suspect disregarded a stop light.
The suspect's vehicle hit a car, which rolled down an embankment. The driver of that car and the suspect were both injured and taken to hospitals. Police described the injuries as "serious but not life-threatening."
One of the victims allegedly told police he did not remember the crash and just woke up at the hospital. The victim also told police he broke his back in three places, has a lacerated spleen and several facial lacerations. He told officers he felt "lucky to be alive."
Detectives said they tried to make contact with the victim from the stolen vehicle but were unsuccessful.
Police said the suspect, 25-year-old Joshua Montgomery, was arrested and faces multiple preliminary charges. Court documents say Montgomery tried to claim someone else was driving, but he was the only person seen driving the car.
Two vehicles involved in the crash were towed due to heavy damage, according to court documents.
Montgomery faces charges of resisting law enforcement, auto theft, reckless driving and possession of paraphernalia.