One dead, two hurt: Chase by troopers ends in deadly crash in Spring Lake
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WE'RE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY.
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND 2 PEOPLE
ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER A
HIGH-SPEED CHASE ENDED IN A
CRASH IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
NOW THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE
SCENE. IT ALL STARTED IN
HARNETT COUNTY.
>> A TROOPER CHASED THE DRIVER
INTO SPRING LAKE TO THE
INTERSECTION OF BRAGG BOULEVARD
AND MCKENZIE RODE. THAT'S WHEN
THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A HONDA
ACCORD KILLING THE FRONT
PASSENGER INSIDE THE CAR WRAL'S
CARLY HAYNES JOINS US LIVE FROM
UNC HEALTH IN CHAPEL HILL WHERE
THE SUSPECT IS RIGHT NOW IN
CARLY. WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT
ALL OF THIS HAPPENED AT THE
SAME EXACT INTERSECTION WHERE
CHASE LED TO A CRASH JUST 2
MONTHS AGO.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 2 AT THE SAME
AS FAR AS TODAY'S CRASH GOES.
THIS IS WHERE THAT 25 YEAR-OLD
SUSPECT IS RIGHT NOW IN THIS
HOSPITAL, UNC HEALTH WITH
CRITICAL INJURIES.
>> TROOPERS TRIED TO STOP A CAR
FOR SPEEDING REVERSE. ALSO BE
100 CHANNEL ON JUNE IN A BID
THAT, IT BECAME A CHASE.
A DRIVER SPED OFF IN A BLACK
ACURA STARTING AT HIGHWAY 87 IN
HARNETT COUNTY. IT HIT RIGHT
BOULEVARD AND SPRING-LIKE THAT
CRASHED INTO A CAR TURNING ONTO
MCKENZIE ROAD.
>> KILLING A PASSENGER AND
SERIOUSLY INJURING THE DRIVER.
GOT INTO A BIG IMPACT ON
HERBAL. THE SUSPECT. 25
YEAR-OLD AARON POWELL OF SPRING
LAKE. HE'S NOW IN THE HOSPITAL
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
>> AND I'M GOING TO BE ABLE
TO GET TO THE RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF ALL OF OUR FULL
BOARD. AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT
IMMIGRANTS. FORMER POWELL WAS
PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED ON A CHARGE
OF MURDER IN JULY 2023.
>> THE CRASH SITE IS THE SAME
LOCATION AS ANOTHER CRASH
FOLLOWING A TROOPER INVOLVED
CHASE LAST MAY NOT CHASE HIT
SPEEDS OF 150 MILES PER HOUR
AND RESULTED IN A 4 CAR PILEUP
THAT SUSPECT MANAGED TO GET
AWAY AFTER CRASHING.
>> AND TROOPERS DO BELIEVE
ALCOHOL WAS A FACTOR IN TODAY'S
CRASH. THEY SAY THERE WILL BE