FORT WAYNE, IN : Driver seriously hurt after crashing car in pursuit on Monday, August 7, 2017

A police pursuit ended with a serious injury crash early Monday morning.

According to police, the incident started shortly before 1:00 a.m. after an officer attempted to pull a speeding car over at the intersection of Lafayette Street and E. Brackenridge St. downtown.The driver fled, traveling north on Lafayette and east on Jefferson Blvd., before crashing the car about a mile away in the 1200 block of Maumee Ave., near the Indiana Tech campus.

Police at the crash scene told NewsChannel 15 the driver crashed the car as a result of high speed. Skid marks could be seen about a block west of the crash.

The car struck a fire hydrant and demolished an electric sign belonging to Indiana Tech before coming to a stop.

Officers on scene helped the driver before medics arrived. He was taken from the scene critically hurt but was upgraded to serious condition at a hospital.

Maumee Ave. was closed to traffic as the Crash Investigation Team worked the scene.

The incident is under investigation.

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Driver seriously hurt after crashing car in pursuit