MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) — One person is dead, a sibling was in critical condition, and a drug crime suspect was hospitalized after a police chase ended in a crash Tuesday afternoon in downtown Muncie, an Indiana State Police sergeant told News 8.

Javonta Jones, 30, of Muncie, died in the crash, a state police news release issued Wednesday afternoon said. The person listed in critical condition was Acacia Hammond, 27, of Muncie, the release said. The two were believed to be a brother and a sister on their way home, the state police sergeant told the news media on Tuesday evening.

The driver of a Muncie Police Department vehicle started pursuing a drug suspect driving a Ford Escape SUV at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday, state police Sgt. Scott Keegan told News 8 on Tuesday. The chase was westbound on State Road 32/Main Street when the drug suspect’s car hit another car at 12:17 p.m. Tuesday. That happened at the intersection of South Mulberry Street, which is near a First Merchants bank and the Downtown Farm Stand organic grocery.

Keegan said Tuesday that the Escape hit an “innocent vehicle,” an Acura passenger car, causing it to hit a nearby handrail outside a downtown building and then flip on its roof. Jones and Hammond were in the Acura.

Olivia Louise Larue, 39, of Muncie, was wanted on drug dealing and possession, and ID deception charges in Madison and Delaware counties. Online court records show arrest warrants were issued in October in Madison Circuit Court 3 and Delaware Circuit Court 2.

Larue was injured in the crash and taken to Ball Memorial Hospital for treatment. She was later released from the hospital and taken into custody.

Larue had a male passenger in the Escape. The passenger fled the scene, and police were still searching for him. He has not been identified, state police said Wednesday.

The police officer, who was not publicly identified, was not injured. The police car was not damaged. 

I-Team 8 asked Muncie Police for their pursuit policy to see if it was followed, but they have not fulfilled our request.

State police were handling the investigation.