Suspect escapes after car chase that ends in the Tennessee River

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Hamilton County deputies are still looking for a suspect who led them on a chase Monday night.

It happened just after 10 PM.

The chase began in the 2300 block of Suck Creek Road along the Tennessee River.

And it continued several miles downstream on River Canyon Road.

When they got to the 19500 block, the vehicle left the road and plowed through a resident’s yard.

The driver jumped out while the car was still moving and ran down a boat ramp.

The car then ran into the river, with two women still inside.

One of them swam back to the shore, but the other swam out into the river and refused to come back to the officers.

She did eventually come back to shore.

Both were taken to the hospital and then to the jail.

The driver managed to escape along the shoreline.

Hamilton County’s Marine Patrol, the TWRA, Red Bank Police and the Marion County Sheriff’s deputies have all joined in on the search.