Shoplifting suspect crashes into innocent driver on I-45 feeder road during police chase

WEBSTER, Texas (KTRK) -- A police chase with a shoplifting suspect in a reportedly stolen vehicle ended in a violent crash on the Gulf Freeway feeder road Monday morning.

Houston police said officers were chasing a white Camry, believed to have been stolen, after the driver allegedly stole from a Kroger on the Beltway near Sabo in southeast Houston.

Police tried to stop the Camry around 6:20 a.m., and that's when the driver fled.

The high-speed chase ended when the driver crashed into a pickup truck on the I-45 southbound feeder lanes near Clear Lake City Boulevard.

SkyEye video from above the scene showed the suspect being loaded into an ambulance on a gurney.

The white Camry was completely smashed. The front end of the pickup truck also sustained significant damage.

It was unclear if anyone besides the suspect was injured.