PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) - Two people have died and another injured after a car crashed into a tree during a police chase in Moore County.
Authorities tell local media outlets a Pinehurst police officer tried stopping a vehicle at about 9 p.m. Friday on Juniper Lake Road near U.S. Highway 15-501.
Investigators say the driver pulled over to the side of the road but sped away once the officer got out of his car. The driver hit a trailer being towed by a truck before running off the road and hitting a tree.
Two passengers in the car were pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver was taken to the hospital. The officer wasn’t injured, and the names of the people inside the car have not been released.
The Highway Patrol is investigating.
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