CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – One person is in custody and another is hospitalized after a pursuit turned car theft early Wednesday morning.
Around 4 a.m., officers from the Clarksburg Police Department were pursuing a motorcycle into town on Route 50. When the motorcyclist entered town, he clipped a pickup truck near Joyce Street and crashed.
When a person stopped to render aid, a woman who was a passenger on the motorcycle got in that car and fled.
Police apprehended the female on Route 50 near Lake Folyd and Wolf Summit.
Route 50 was closed until 6 a.m. while police cleared the scene.
At this time, no other information has been released.