Suspect crashes in West Ashley, flees

Staff report
Thursday, August 21, 2008


North Charleston police reported chasing a minivan into West Ashley late Wednesday until the driver crashed and ran away.

Officers tried to stop the Hyundai minivan on Interstate 26 east near Montague Avenue around 11 p.m., Spencer Pryor, police public information officer, wrote in an e-mail. The driver continued down the freeway until Cosgrove Avenue and headed toward West Ashley. Pryor did not specify the reason for the stop.

The van drove down S.C. Highway 171 until crashing into a sign and trees at Charlestowne Methodist Church, Pryor said. The driver left the scene.



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