Police searched the woods and neighborhoods of Rensselaer for the driver of a stolen SUV, who fled from police in Albany and crashed into a pickup truck and a building on Routes 9 and 20 in East Greenbush on Tuesday.

The SUV had been reported stolen on Monday, Albany Officer Steve Smith said. On Tuesday morning an city traffic safety officer spotted it in the South End. Police pursued the vehicle over the Hudson River into Rensselaer where it stopped at the foot of the Dunn Memorial Bridge, but the driver sped away east on Routes 9 and 20 into East Greenbush, Smith said.