A person was arrested on 17 felony and misdemeanor fees after an eight-mile, high-speed chase in and close to Wilkesboro ended with the pursued car colliding with a parked Wilkes Sheriff’s Workplace Ford SUV occupied by a deputy.
Deputy Kyle Welborn, who was within the sheriff’s workplace SUV, wasn’t severely injured and missed someday of labor earlier than he was cleared to return to responsibility, mentioned Main Logan Kerr of the sheriff’s workplace. Welborn was taken to Wilkes Regional Medical Heart.
Capt. Chris Arnder of the Wilkesboro Police Division mentioned Curtis Grant Wooden, 37, of Statesville Highway, North Wilkesboro, driver of the pursued 2001 Lincoln City Automobile, refused remedy from Wilkes Emergency Medical Companies on the scene.
Arnder mentioned Lt. Preston Parsons of the Wilkesboro Police Division was westbound on N.C. 268 West close to the Stokes Avenue intersection about 1:13 p.m. Friday when he noticed the eastbound Lincoln almost collide with different autos whereas touring within the middle flip lane at a excessive velocity .
Arnder mentioned Parsons circled and headed east on N.C. 268 West in pursuit of the Lincoln after it handed by him. Parsons, together with his blue gentle and siren activated, continued pursuing the Lincoln because it exited N.C. 268 West (River Avenue) and went east on U.S. 421 Bypass.
He mentioned the chase continued because the Lincoln took the exit ramp from U.S. 421 to N.C. 115, turned left on N.C. 115, crossed U.S. 421 and took the exit ramp to go west on U.S. 421.
Arnder mentioned that when Wooden swerved to keep away from cease sticks positioned within the roadway by the deputy to puncture his tires, he overcorrected and collided with the patrol automobile. The collision occurred about 1:20 p.m. Each autos have been closely broken.
The Wilkesboro Police Division charged Wooden with rushing to arrest with a motorized vehicle, driving whereas impaired, aggravated severe damage by car, driving whereas license revoked, having a fictitious tag, possession of schedule III managed substance, failure to scale back velocity to keep away from colliding with one other car, reckless driving, rushing, failure to take care of lane management, transfer over-personal damage property injury, cease signal violation, possession of marijuana, no auto insurance coverage, no registration, open title and littering.
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