Two men sought after stolen car crashes into pole, burns on Lancaster Drive

A stolen car with two men inside crashed into a utility pole Tuesday afternoon and left some Lancaster Drive households without power, Columbus police said Wednesday.

The men fled from the 2206 Lancaster Drive area after a 2012 Infiniti FX35 went out of control, struck a power pole and ignited in flames about 4:33 p.m.

A witness told police that he was in the backyard at 2131 Lancaster Drive when he heard an engine roaring so he went to the front yard. Traveling at an extremely high rate of speed, the vehicle jumped the curb, struck several trees before going out of control.

The SUV rotated clockwise traveling west until it struck a Georgia Power utility pole. After hitting the pole, the vehicle started to rotate counter clockwise as it flipped on its side facing north in front of 2206 Lancaster Drive.

With flames shootinig from the vehicle, the man said he rushed to assist the two occupants who both fled on foot toward Manchester Expressway . Police searched the area but failed to locate the suspects.

An investigation determined the vehicle was stolen on Saturday.

This story was originally published January 15, 2019 at 6:31 PM.