Police chase in Uniontown ends with suspect’s vehicle crashing into Meals on Wheels van, fence

UNIONTOWN, Pa. — A man is facing a long list of charges after police say he sped away from troopers in Uniontown on Wednesday, slamming into a fence and a Meals on Wheels van.

That driver has been identified by police as Barry Scott Myers.

“There was a huge amount of police and fire presence. The street was closed off,” recalled Rhonda Ashton, an employee at Kwik Tickets. She was coming in to open the store just after the chase happened, and ended when the driver crashed into a fence next door.

State police tell Channel 11 troopers in Uniontown were trying to pull Myers over Wednesday morning. Court documents show the vehicle he was driving did not have working rear lights.

Troopers say Myers then sped away from the officers trying to pull him over.

They chased him onto South Mt. Vernon Avenue. That’s where police say he veered off the road, hit a Meals on Wheels van that was turning left, and crashed into a fence.

“A Meals on Wheels delivery man got in the middle of it somehow, and his car ended up underneath this white truck over here,” Ashton showed Channel 11′s Andrew Havranek. “The whole front was crushed, but he was okay.”

Meals on Wheels tells Channel 11 the driver was shaken up and taken to the hospital to get checked out. He is going to be okay. Their deliveries won’t be impacted despite one of their vans getting hit.

Myers was flown to a hospital in Morgantown.

State police say his injuries are not life-threatening.

Ashton said troopers tackled him to the ground when he tried to run after the crash.

She’s glad he was caught.

“Obviously he did something that was against the law or they wouldn’t be chasing him,” Ashton said. “He caused a bad accident, and somebody could have been severely hurt.”

Myers faces 16 charges, including fleeing from an officer, flight to avoid apprehension, driving under the influence, resisting arrest, obstructing an officer, reckless driving, careless driving, and more.

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