Syracuse police chase ends in rollover crash, foot pursuit and arrest
A white Subaru Outback triggered a South Side chase near Salina Street and McLennan Avenue, rolling a gray GMC SUV and sending its driver for medical evaluation.
A white Subaru Outback drew Syracuse police attention on the city’s South Side after officers saw the driver toss something from a window at about 11:55 a.m. Monday. When officers tried to stop the car, the driver sped off and the chase quickly turned into a rollover crash near McLennan Avenue, where a gray GMC SUV was struck and flipped onto its roof.
Police identified the driver as 24-year-old Jamel Nellons of Syracuse. After the crash, Nellons ran on foot before officers took him into custody, turning a traffic stop into a multi-block police response in a busy South Side corridor near Salina Street and McLennan Avenue, with some reporting placing the initial observation along Midland Avenue.
Nellons was later booked into the Onondaga County Justice Center on outstanding warrants and traffic citations. Emergency medical personnel checked people at the scene, and the driver of the GMC SUV was transported for medical evaluation after the rollover.
The crash underscored how quickly an attempted stop can spill into danger for other motorists in the area. A vehicle spinning onto its roof near a major Syracuse intersection forced officers, medics and other responders into the same stretch of roadway, while the alleged act of throwing something from the Subaru window remains part of the police account of why the encounter escalated.
Syracuse police said the investigation was still ongoing after the arrest.
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