Key moments from Johnston County high-speed chase on I-95 seen from Sky 5
HOW LONG IT WILL LAST.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MIKE.
NOW TO BREAKING NEWS. ANOTHER
DRAMATIC HIGH-SPEED CHASE HERE
CAPTURED ONLY ON WRAL. LOOK
AT THAT I'VE OVERHEAD AS THIS
CAMARO JUST WEAVES THROUGH
TRAFFIC ON. I-95 REACHING
SPEEDS UP TO 140 MILES PER HOUR
IS SIDESWIPING SEVERAL
VEHICLES. OTHER DRIVER WAS
FINALLY ARRESTED, BUT NOT
BEFORE CAUSING 2 CRASHES AND
SENDING A TROOPER AND ANOTHER
DRIVER TO THE HOSPITAL. WE HAVE
LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS WILD
CHASE AND THE AFTERMATH.
LET'S BEGIN WITH FLYNN, SNYDER.
HE IS LIVE ON. I-95 WHERE THIS
ENDED.
>> WHEN THE SUSPECT FACES
SERIOUS CHARGES TONIGHT.
>> AND GERALD, WE LEARNED THAT
THE SUSPECT IS STEVENSON.
IN THE LAST HOUR, WE'VE LEARNED
THAT HE FACES A DOZEN CHARGES
STEMMING FROM THIS CHASE.
THOSE INCLUDE SPEEDING
COMPETITION, RECKLESS DRIVING
AND FLEEING TO ELUDE ARREST.
TROOPERS SAY THIS ALL STARTED
WHEN THEY TRIED TO PULL HIM
OVER IN NASH COUNTY FOR RACING.
THAT LED TO THIS CHASE ON AND
OFF. 95 TODAY REACHING SPEEDS
OF UPWARDS OF 140 MILES PER
HOUR AT TIMES. AND IT JUST
OUTSIDE DONE HERE WITH SEVERAL
DAMAGED CARS.
>> THIS IS THE YOUNGEST ONE IS
JUST THEIR TEARS FROM THE
YOUNGEST ON THE ROAD AFTER A
HIGH-SPEED CHASE. THIS FAMILY'S
CAR WAS ONE OF 4 THAT A
SUSPECT'S CAMARO HIT AS HE WAS
FLEEING FROM POLICE DOWN.
I-95.
>> I DROPPED DOWN AND GRAB ONE
OF MY GREAT NEWS WE WILL GO ON.
>> THEY STATE ON THE ROAD.
BUT THIS CAR ENDED UP IN A
CREEK. THE DRIVER AND THE
TROOPER ALSO INVOLVED IN THE
CRASH WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL
AS A PRECAUTION.
THE CHASE ENDED WITH A BLOWN
TIRE AND A SUSPECT ON THE
GROUND AS ANOTHER DRIVER LOOKED
ON, HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE
SUSPECT, SHAHEEN, STEVENSON
HAS ACTIVE WEAPONS CHARGES.
WE FOUND MAGAZINES AND BULLETS
IN THE CAR. WE DID NOT FIND
A WEAPON SO YOU COULD SPECULATE
THAT. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH
TIME TO.
DISCARD A FIREARM AT SOME POINT
TIME. THIS IS THE SECOND HIGH
SPEED CHASE IN OUR AREA THAT
ENDED WITH A CRASH RECENTLY
LAST WEEK. A SUSPECT WAS LEFT
IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A
CHASE IN EASTERN WAKE COUNTY.
THIS LATEST CHASE SPANNED
NEARLY 70 MILES WEAVING WRECKED
CARS FOR PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO
REACH THEIR DESTINATION THIS
AUGUST IN THAT IN THAT.
>> IT'S IMPACTED. DRIVERS
HEADING FROM DELAWARE, EVEN AS
FAR AWAY AS CANADA TROOPERS
BRIEFLY TOOK A PASSENGER IN
THE SUSPECT'S CAR INTO CUSTODY.
SHE WAS RELEASED A SHORT TIME
LATER. WE LEARNED TONIGHT THAT
SHE WILL NOT FACE CHARGES AT
THIS TIME. INSIDER WRAL, NEWS
LIVE AND DIE.
>> WHAT A SCENE. WRAL'S GRACE
HOLLAND IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE TIMELINE OF THIS CHASE
FIGURES. HALEY AND YOU'RE OLD.
YEAH. THIS WAS A LOT OF MOVING
PIECES HERE. IT ALL STARTED
AT 12:30PM, WRAL ASSIGNMENT
DESK RECEIVE REPORTS OF A
HIGH-SPEED CHASE ON I-95 IN
JOHNSTON COUNTY.
IT'S TOUGH. I RADIO TRAFFIC
SHOWS JUST HOW FAST THE DRIVER
WAS GOING. THAT THE WORLD 14
FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE ONE 40 AT
12. 58 SKY 5 IS UP IN THE AIR
IN THE AREA.
>> HIGHWAY PATROL IS LOOKING
FOR THE CAR. WHITE CAMARO,
BLACK TRUNK AND A LOUD EXHAUST
HAVE LOST SIGHT OF HIM. I
WOULDN'T BE AT ALL OR NOT.
AT ONE, 10 OFFICERS ARE CLOSE
BEHIND. BACK ON. I-95 AND SKY
5 IS FOLLOWING ALONG. THE
CAMARO IS NEARLY BLOCKED
ESCAPES AND SPEEDS ALONG BUT
EVENTUALLY CLIPS THIS BLUE VAN
BLOWS A TIRE AND STOPS THE
DRIVER OF THE CAMARO AND THE
VAN. TALK BRIEFLY. THE SUSPECT
IN THE CHASE IDENTIFIED BY
TROOPERS AS SHE STEVENSON.
>> IS ARRESTED RIGHT AROUND
ONE 15.
>> WE'VE LEARNED SOME NEW
DETAILS ABOUT STEVENSON IN THE
LAST HOUR. HE WAS PULLED OVER
TWICE FOR SPEEDING THIS MONTH.
THE MOST RECENT WAS ON SATURDAY
IN BERTIE COUNTY. HE WAS CAUGHT
GOING. 85 IN A 50 MILE PER HOUR
ZONE CHARGED WITH SPEEDING,
RECKLESS DRIVING AND DRIVING
WITHOUT A LICENSE IN THAT SAME
CAMARO, STEVENSON WAS DRIVING A
DIFFERENT CAR WHEN HE WAS
STOPPED FOR GOING 70 IN A 55
EARLIER THIS MONTH IN PITT
COUNTY JAIL. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU. GRACE. WE SENT A PUSH
ALERT US IN THE SKY. 5 ARRIVED
OVERHEAD AND WE STAYED LIVE
ON WRAL DOT COM. WHILE THIS
WHOLE THING UNFOLDED.
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