BRIDGEPORT – A police pursuit that began just after midnight Monday ended with a crash and an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Bridgeport Police Department attempted to make a traffic stop of a motor vehicle early Monday. The vehicle failed to stop, which led law enforcement into a vehicle pursuit. The vehicle crashed on Interstate 70 westbound around the 216 mile marker.

Officers approached the vehicle and noticed that the driver was suffering from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Officers attempted life saving measures on the driver until the Cumberland Trail Fire District arrived on the scene.

Belmont County Sheriff James Zusack on Tuesday declined to confirm the condition of the driver or to release the driver’s name “out of respect to the family.”

Bridgeport Police Department, Martins Ferry Police Department, St. Clairsville Police Department and the Ohio State Patrol all assisted the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office in the investigation of this incident.