WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Four people were hospitalized Sunday morning when a motorist refusing to stop for North Carolina authorities crashed into another car during a chase, a county sheriff’s office said.
The pursuit began along Interstate 74 after a BMW sped past Forsyth County deputies trying to pull it over for traffic violations, the sheriff’s office said in a statement obtained by news outlets. Deputies pursued the BMW to a Winston-Salem road, where the car crashed into a Ford SUV, then hit a tree and landed on its roof, according to the agency.
The 36-year-old driver of the BMW, Wesley Rafael Liriano, was arrested and taken to a hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries. A loaded AR-15 was found on the ground near the crashed car, sheriff’s officials said.
The driver of the Ford and two passengers from the BMW were also taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, news outlets reported. Liriano was charged with felony flee to elude and resist, delay and obstruct an officer.
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