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One Airlifted Following Fiery Crash That Injured Trooper In Alexandria: VA State Police One Airlifted Following Fiery Crash That Injured Trooper In Alexandria: VA State Police
One Airlifted Following Fiery Crash That Injured Trooper In Alexandria: VA State Police New details have been released following a high-speed chase involving a stolen car in Maryland escalated rapidly on Monday night when the driver rammed a Virginia State Police vehicle, sending the trooper into a power pole and downing live wires across Route 1, officials said. The pursuit began around 11:19 p.m. on Nov. 25, when Alexandria Police attempted to stop a Hyundai Elantra stolen out of Prince George’s County.  The driver refused to stop, leading officers on a chase through Van Dorn Street, Telegraph Road, Route 236, and Route 1. Virginia State Police joined the pursuit at Va…

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by Zak Failla
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Suspect Rams State Trooper’s Vehicle During Chase In Car Stolen Out Of Prince George's: VSP Suspect Rams State Trooper’s Vehicle During Chase In Car Stolen Out Of Prince George's: VSP
Suspect Rams State Trooper’s Vehicle During Chase In Car Stolen Out Of Prince George's: VSP A high-speed chase involving a stolen car in Maryland escalated dangerously Monday night when the driver rammed a Virginia State Police vehicle, sending the trooper into a power pole and downing live wires across Route 1, officials said. The pursuit began around 11:19 p.m. on Nov. 25, when Alexandria Police attempted to stop a Hyundai Elantra stolen out of Prince George’s County.  The driver refused to stop, leading officers on a chase through Van Dorn Street, Telegraph Road, Route 236, and Route 1. Virginia State Police joined the pursuit at Van Dorn and Vine Streets, officials say. …

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by Zak Failla
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MD Gunman Fired At Sanitation Worker, Police During Multi-State Pursuit: Authorities (UPDATE) MD Gunman Fired At Sanitation Worker, Police During Multi-State Pursuit: Authorities (UPDATE)
MD Gunman Fired At Sanitation Worker, Police During Multi-State Pursuit: Authorities (Update) A 26-year-old Maryland man was arrested for leading a police pursuit across state lines into Virginia on July 4, authorities announced. Frederick Njihia fired a gun multiple times at a Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission worker and a man standing next to his truck around 9:50 a.m., bringing police to the 11300 block of Hawks Ridge Terrace in Germantown, Montgomery County police said. No one was injured. A description of Nijhia's Honda Civic was broadcast. A MoCo officer spotted his car, but Nijhia shot the front tire, flattening it, police said. Police pursued the gunman's onto I-270 …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Two Dead In I-495 Crash Weren't Wearing Seatbelts: Police Two Dead In I-495 Crash Weren't Wearing Seatbelts: Police
Two Dead In I-495 Crash Weren't Wearing Seatbelts: Police Two unbelted men died and a woman was in critical condition following a head-on crash on Interstate 495 on Tuesday, May 17, authorities said. A Mazda 3 collided with a Buick Encore near the Chain Bridge Road exit in Fairfax, causing the Buick to burst into flames after the impact, Virginia State Police said. The Buick driver, Patrick Mullins, 32, of Catlett, Va., and Kaan Karabekir, 28, of Bethesda, Md., who was behind the wheel of the Mazda, died at the scene. Neither were wearing a seatbelt.  Paramedics rushed a woman who was in the Buick to Inova Fairfax Hospital with lif…

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by Josh Lanier