Anyone have any idea of why a portion Tryon is closed? Heading towards Raleigh from Cary, the road is blocked just after Avent Ferry. There are all kinds of fire trucks/police/news vans, but I couldn't see any reason the road would be shut. WRAL doesn't have any info yet. So, if you use Tryon to get home (like me!) find another route!

[Edited on May 31, 2006 at 8:56 PM. Reason : .]

5/31/2006 8:56:27 PM

i'm pretty sure there was a bad accident and the cops behavior made it appear to be a fatal accident

5/31/2006 8:57:26 PM

A car (or the remnants of the car) was wrapped around a pole or a tree.

5/31/2006 9:14:28 PM

i saw about 7 cop cars blazing to get there and an ambulance bout 7:50

5/31/2006 9:23:15 PM

i just rolled by like ten minutes ago. looked like 10+ cop cars, at least one fire truck and an ambulance. looked damn serious

5/31/2006 10:01:26 PM

from WRAL home page:

Quote :

"BREAKING NEWS: Witnesses told WRAL that a high-speed police chase ended with when the suspect crashed on a telephone pole near the intersection of Avent Ferry and Dover Farm Roads. The suspect died in the wreck. Traffic is blocked in both directions on Tryon Road."

5/31/2006 10:12:59 PM

damn

5/31/2006 10:15:16 PM

Yeah, i saw that, too. It's right there at Dover Farm road. I couldn't really tell what the deal was, but looked serious and there was yellow police tape all around a car.

5/31/2006 11:11:16 PM

I wouldn't bother with the since it was just some douchebag running from the 5-0 anyway.

serves him right, twice.

5/31/2006 11:15:51 PM

Quote :

"One Killed When Raleigh Police Pursuit Ends In Crash POSTED: 10:51 pm EDT May 31, 2006 UPDATED: 11:16 pm EDT May 31, 2006 RALEIGH, N.C. -- One person was killed after a police pursuit ended in a crash Wednesday night in Raleigh. Sources told WRAL that a Raleigh police officer had been pursuing the suspect inside the vehicle before backing off the chase. At that point, the Highway Patrol reportedly picked up the pursuit. The vehicle sideswiped a van before crashing into a telephone pole near the intersection of Avent Ferry Road and Dover Farm Road. There is no word yet on the identity of the suspect or the reason for the pursuit. As of 10:30 p.m., Tryon Road remained closed as investigators worked at the scene."

http://www.wral.com/news/9302379/detail.html

5/31/2006 11:29:58 PM

^^[NO]

5/31/2006 11:33:11 PM

NO what?

5/31/2006 11:37:43 PM

Serves her right coolguy

5/31/2006 11:40:04 PM

how do we know?

5/31/2006 11:45:44 PM

thats what they said on the news

it was a lady with specialized NC plate in a Burgundy ford. I didn't read what they said online though.

5/31/2006 11:46:34 PM

damn i dunno if my life would be worth running from the cops for whatever reason. i mean i wouldn't do anything bad enough to where i'd be running tho.

6/1/2006 1:04:17 AM

well i'm sure she didn't plan on dying

6/1/2006 1:25:56 AM

Quote :

"Sources told WRAL that a Raleigh police officer had been pursuing the suspect inside the vehicle before backing off the chase. At that point, the Highway Patrol reportedly picked up the pursuit"

at what point do the pOlice back off a chase?

6/1/2006 3:15:06 AM

probably when they lose jurisdiction or they aren't equipped to chase in their vehicle

6/1/2006 5:37:13 AM

^yeah, the article also says that the HP took over after the raleigh cop backed off, i'm sure the HP is more trained to handle that type of situation

6/1/2006 7:30:26 AM

and someone died over what was probably just a speeding ticket


well, RPD doesn't usually chase unless the suspect is a felon

6/1/2006 7:40:22 AM

or is suspected of hosting a nuisance party

6/1/2006 8:17:16 AM

I was coming home at 12pm and they were still there and I had to go all the way around

6/1/2006 8:59:10 AM

You boys like Mexico?

6/1/2006 10:40:58 AM

Quote :

"In a report released Thursday morning, Raleigh police said that the suspect was traveling west on Tryon Road at about 105 mph when the suspect's car crested a hill and hit a van that was turning from Dover Farm Street onto Tryon Road. The car, driven by Alecyn E. Ross, 39, of 100 Lomond Lane, Cary, hit the van while going 90 mph, police said in a report. Ross' car, a 2001 Mercury, hit two trees, traveled another 44 feet and hit a utility pole. The pole was forced more than 3 feet into the car, the police report said."

http://www.wral.com/news/9302379/detail.html

[Edited on June 1, 2006 at 10:55 AM. Reason : link]

6/1/2006 10:55:00 AM

i was in my backyard on Dillard Dr. when i heard the police sirens and then three loud bangs. I thought maybe a shotgun. Continued to hear the sirens so I drove on down and saw the crash about 1/2 mile down the road. I was alarmed at how loud the crash was from so far away, must have really been hauling.

6/1/2006 11:20:07 AM

If she had slid over a few more feet she would have took out the driver of that mini van with her.

6/1/2006 11:55:27 AM

usually it's written in the policy of many police departments that they will not engage in high speed chases - to protect citizens, etc.

ps - i'm glad my mom warned me about it when I was on my way back to my townhouse last night... otherwise, I'd have been right in the middle of the delay as well

[Edited on June 1, 2006 at 1:41 PM. Reason : PS]

6/1/2006 1:40:41 PM

6/2/2006 2:40:10 AM

she looks like trash

6/2/2006 10:41:58 AM

looked like trash

6/2/2006 11:29:27 AM

Meth or Coke & lots of it.

6/2/2006 11:31:15 AM