Trooper uses PIT maneuver to stop chase
A wild chase and crash on Interstate 40 in Johnston County early Tuesday sent one man to the hospital with minor injuries.
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North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers said Wake County deputies began pursuing a car near the Durham County line. The highway patrol joined the chase around 12:30 a.m.
The suspect was driving about 110 mph and ran other cars off the road, authorities said. That's when Trooper Kurt Mills decided to perform a PIT maneuver - or precision immobilization technique - that knocked the driver's car into the tree line.
The driver, identified as 47-year-old Victor Hoskins of Durham, is facing multiple charges. Troopers said he was driving drunk and the car was stolen.
No one else was hurt.
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