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were treated and released at Culpeper Memorial Hospital.
Trooper Rnick said the pursuit began about 11:30 p.m. when Officer J.O. Roy II of the Luray Police Department attempted to stop a 1970 Chevrolet pick-up which was speeding, had failed to stop at a stop sign and whose driver was suspected of driving while intoxicated.
The driver refused to stop for Officer Roy and left Luray heading north toward U.S. 211. Officer Roy was joined in the pursuit by Officer G.P. Haines. They followed the car east on U.S. 211 across Thornton Gap “at an excessive rate of speed,” according to Trooper Knick. Sgt. Brown was alerted about the pursuit by radio and met the truck near Parkway Gift Shop on U.S. 211 west of Speiryville. The truck ran Sgt. Brown’s cruiser off the road and continued east toward Sperryville.
Sgt. Brown turned around and joined the pursuit behind Officer Haines’ cruiser. Trooper Knick said that once the truck passed Sperryville, it apparently drove east in the westbound lane for at least a mile.
Meanwhile, Officer Roy had managed to get around the truck and positioned his cruiser in front of the truck. 'Trooper Knick described the maneuver as a “rolling roadblock,” where the vehicle is squeezed between two police cruisers which gradually slow down and force it to stop.
As the vehicles crested a hill about one-half mile west of Rediviva bridge at Rt. 622, the driver of the truck lost control and ran off the right side of the road, Trooper Knick said. He skidded back across the entire highway and off the left side of the pavement, slamming into the embankment. The impact caused the :ruck to flip, and it rolled twice while ravelling another 100 feet before •oming to rest on its wheels.
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