A Parkersburg Police cruiser crashed into the side of the Jimmy John’s building Wednesday night. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)

PARKERSBURG — Two Michigan men were arrested and one Parkersburg Police officer was injured Wednesday evening following a car chase that ended with a cruiser striking a downtown building in Parkersburg.

Brandon Keishaun Reed, 25, of Detroit, Mich., was charged with fleeing with reckless indifference resulting in bodily injury, a felony under West Virginia law.

Additionally, officers discovered that Reed had an active felony warrant in Cabell County, W.Va., for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance (fentanyl).

Following arraignment Thursday in Wood County Magistrate Court, Reed was being held on $300,000 bond.

The passenger in the suspect vehicle, Richard Matthew-Paris Harmon III, 31, also of Detroit, Mich., was taken into custody and charged with possession of marijuana. Harmon was also arraigned in magistrate court Thursday and released on $1,000 cash bond on the possession charge.

Parkersburg Police Chief Matthew Board said the investigation remains ongoing, and additional charges may be filed. The vehicle crash aspect of the incident was being handled by the Wood County Crash Team.

The officer involved in the crash was transported by ambulance to a local medical facility for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries where he was treated and released.

Reed was also taken to a medical facility as a precaution.

Board said the incident occurred Wednesday night when about 6 p.m. officers of the Parkersburg Police Department observed a vehicle linked to an ongoing narcotics investigation.

The vehicle was seen traveling at a high rate of speed on 30th Street near Birch Street in a residential neighborhood. A traffic stop was initiated, and the suspect vehicle initially pulled over. However, as an officer approached on foot, the driver fled, leading officers on a high-speed pursuit, Board said.

The chase extended north into Vienna, back through Parkersburg, and into Wood County. The suspect drove recklessly, swerving through traffic, traveling the wrong way on one-way streets, and reaching speeds in excess of 100 mph on Route 50, Board said.

The pursuit ended at the intersection of Market and Fifth streets when the suspect vehicle was involved in a crash with a Parkersburg Police cruiser, Board said. During the collision, the police vehicle struck a building located at 422 Market St., the former home of Jimmy John’s.

The driver, later identified as Reed, attempted to flee on foot but was apprehended a short distance from the crash scene, Board said.

Board said the Parkersburg Police Department would like to extend its gratitude to the Wood County Sheriff’s Department, the Vienna Police Department, the Parkersburg Fire Department, and Camden Clark EMS for their assistance in the incident.

Under West Virginia law, the fleeing charge Reed faces is a felony offense punishable by 3 to 10 years in a state correctional facility.