Police chase ends with 3-vehicle crash in north Harris County

HOUSTON – An hour-long police chase Friday ended with a three-vehicle crash in north Harris County.

The chase started about 1:20 p.m. in the 10300 block of McGallion Road, and ended about 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Eastex Freeway and Aldine Mail Route.

VIDEO: Police chase ends in crash in north Houston

Video from Sky 2 over the scene showed that police used spike strips to flatten the two front tires of the black pickup. However, the driver, identified as Mark Williams, continued for more than a half-hour on two rims of the vehicle. The back tires remained inflated.

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During the course of the chase, the pickup traveled north of Houston into Montgomery County. Williams then turned south and entered the Hardy Toll Road and Highway 59, traveling past Bush Intercontinental Airport before crashing into two other vehicles.

"We were coming ffrom around this corner. We stopped right here. That's when I saw the truck coming. I believe one of his tires went flat. He just came straight and hit us on the passenger side," Alfonso Mendez, who was in one of the vehicles that was hit by the suspect, said.

PHOTOS: Suspect arrested after hour-long chase

After the crash, officers could be seen with their guns drawn, escorting victims of the crash away from the scene. Officers then moved in, shattered the windows of the pickup involved in the chase and pulled Williams out of the vehicle. Williams was cuffed and placed into a police cruiser.

Victims of the crash were being treated by medical personnel at a nearby gas station.

It was not immediately clear what prompted the chase.

Williams is charged with evading arrest.