Click2HOUSTON -- A police chase ended in northwest Houston Friday after a man drove the wrong way on a freeway, crashed and ran into a police substation parking lot, officials said .
West University police said the chase started on Community Street at 2 a.m. because the vehicle did not have its lights on.
A patrol officer tried to pull over the driver, Marcus York, 32, but he fled, officials said.
Police said the high-speed chase wound around Bellaire and Houston streets, and on Loop 610 and Highway 290. At one point, York traveled in the wrong direction on the Northwest Freeway. He also rammed into two patrol cars during the pursuit, officials said.
Investigators said York drove backwards down the Tidwell exit ramp and then crashed at railroad tracks near Hempstead Highway at Windfern. York took off running and scaled a fence at a parking lot, which turned out to be the Northwest Police Substation, according to authorities.
York was tackled by officers. When York was asked why he ran from officers, he said he was on parole for burglary. York has a criminal history including theft and burglary, police said.
He will be charged with evading arrest and aggravated assault of a police officer.
Officials said no one was injured.
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