A police chase on Friday morning turned deadly in southwest OKC, the Oklahoma City Police Department told News 9.

The department said it responded to a disturbance, a possible armed robbery, just after 11 a.m.

"This was at a fast food restaurant near Reno and Meridian," said Msgt. Gary Knight. “As officers were arriving, they spotted the vehicle that the suspects were believed to be in."

Msgt. Knight said the vehicle drove away from police, going southbound on Meridian.

“As they were crossing 29th Street and Newcastle, there’s a large hump in the road there. When they hit that hump, they lost control, veered right, and then ended up crashing on the east side of the road,” he explained. “It was a bad crash.”

OKCPD said it is unclear what led to the incident.

“The driver chose to flee,

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