A man's body has been recovered after jumping into Houston’s Buffalo Bayou following a chase early Friday morning, authorities say.

Houston police recovered a body from Buffalo Bayou after a vehicle chase involving a stolen car ended near the water.

HPD said two of the four suspects jumped into the bayou after the chase. One immediately started asking for help, advising that he couldn't swim. Meanwhile, officers lost sight of the other.

Five suspects are in custody after a wild police pursuit ended with a crash near the Southwest Freeway in SW Houston.

A man drowned early Friday morning after jumping into the Buffalo Bayou in an ill-fated attempt to escape police, officials said. The man, who hasn't been identified, was one of four people riding in a black Kia Sorrento that fled a traffic stop in west Houston around 2 a.

Officers initiated a traffic stop on a black Kia Sorrento in west Houston around 2 a.m. Friday before the vehicle fled, leading officers to the Second Ward, Assistant Chief Luis Menendez-Sierra said.