A Virginia man is facing 49 traffic charges after leading police on a car chase through Ocean City.
Last Thursday, just after 8 a.m., police in Ocean City were called to assist with a traffic stop in the area of 61st Street. According to charging documents, an officer had seen a Hyundai Venue with a Florida license plate driving in circles within two intersections of Coastal Highway before heading north and turning right onto 70th Street.
From there, the driver, later identified as Alvin Ou, 22, of Springfield, Va., emerged from 70th Street and turned south back onto Coastal Highway, where another officer tried to initiate a traffic stop by turning on his emergency lights. Police said Ou began to slow, but then continued to drive south, running through a red signal at 62nd Street.
What followed was a series of turns onto side streets, where Ou continued to evade police.
After running the signal at 62nd Street, Ou turned west onto 61st Street, traveling at a high rate of speed until he reached the end of the road, according to the statement of probable cause. He then pulled into a parking space, backed out and struck both the officer’s vehicle and another vehicle before traveling back down 61st Street and back onto Coastal Highway southbound.
The driver then turned west onto 56th Street and onto hotel property, where officers attempted to establish a perimeter. However, Ou pulled back out of the property, failing to stop for the officers as he passed by, according to the statement of probable cause.
At the end of the road, police deployed tire deflation devices, which Ou struck before driving back onto Coastal Highway.