CARLISLE, Pa. — Update, May 22 (10:10 a.m.): State Police have released the identities of the three suspects in a retail theft that initiated the incident.
They are:
Julien Fleury, 27, Terrence Caton, 26, and Latrell White, 22, all of Brooklyn, NY.
Previously
Two State Police troopers are in serious but stable condition after being involved in a crash that closed Carlisle Pike in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County for several hours Friday afternoon.
The troopers were assisting in the pursuit of a vehicle carrying suspects believed to be involved in a theft case in Carlisle, State Police spokesperson Megan Frazer said.
The troopers' vehicle, which had its sirens and emergency lights engaged, struck a tractor trailer truck that was making a U-turn on Carlisle Pike at Dapp Lane in Silver Spring Township, according to Frazer.
The crash heavily damaged the vehicle, trapping both troopers inside. They were eventually extricated from the crash and transported to Holy Spirit Hospital by ambulance, where they are listed in serious but stable condition, Frazer said.
Carlisle Pike was closed for nearly four hours while police and emergency crews responded to the scene.
There was a second crash on Carlisle Pike related to the incident, authorities said. It involved one of the suspects in the theft case, and occurred around the same time as the crash involving the responding State Police troopers.
According to police, three suspects believed to be involved in the theft, which occurred in Carlisle, fled from borough police, traveling north on Interstate 81. Their vehicle was stopped on Route 581 in the area of Carlisle Pike, where all three suspects fled on foot.
Two were immediately apprehended, according to State Police.
The third suspect stole a Honda Pilot from an uninvolved motorist and fled in the vehicle, leading police on a second pursuit, State Police said. The suspect crashed the vehicle on Carlisle Pike near Silver Spring Road in Hampden Township and was taken into custody.
Cumberland Valley School District placed its ninth-grade school, Hampden Elementary School, and Sporting HIll Elementary School on lockdown during the incident in Hampden Township.
A spokesperson with the Hampden Township Police Department told FOX43:
"There was an incident that originated in Carlisle, extended down I-81 and ultimately ended in Hampden. Because police were looking for individuals on foot, the schools were placed on temporary lockdown as a precaution. There was no specific threat to the schools or the public in general."
School district superintendent David E. Christopher said in a message to parents Friday there was some initial confusion regarding the schools' lockdown.
The crash involving the two troopers was not the reason for it, Christopher said.
"Earlier this morning, there was a police incident that ended in Hampden Township, in which law enforcement was in pursuit of four individuals who fled on foot from a traffic accident.
At the recommendation of law enforcement, three of our schools in that area - CV9, Hampden Elementary, and Sporting Hill Elementary - were placed into a lockout. A lockout means that no one is permitted to enter or exit the building, but school continues as normal inside. That lockout was lifted at approximately 11:45 a.m. when the individuals were apprehended.
Not long after the lockout was issued, a secondary accident occurred in the area of Carlisle Pike and Dapp Lane (southwest of our main campus/CV High School). This accident closed the Pike in both directions for an extended period of time. This specific accident was not the reason for the lockout, which has been reported by several media outlets."
Trooper Megan Frazer, a State Police spokesperson, acknowledged that the two crashes were part of a related incident.