Wrong-way driver crashes head-on into police cruiser
By Ally Kadlubar
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RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A wrong-way driver was involved in a head-on crash with a Raleigh police cruiser on New Hope Road near Poole Road early Tuesday morning.
Raleigh Police said the driver of a white BMW was going south on the northbound lanes on New Hope Road just north of Poole Road just before 3:15 a.m. An officer was driving and changed lanes to avoid the crash, but the vehicle hit his cruiser head-on.
The BMW driver attempted to run away, but the officer chased him. The driver was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The officer was not injured. The crash is under investigation.
The WRAL Breaking News Tracker captured video of heavy damage to the front-end of the police cruiser. The front of the car was destroyed. Both vehicles’ airbags were deployed. Debris was scattered on the road.
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