
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, April 7, 1990                   TAG: 9004070173
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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100 MPH CHASE ENDS IN ARREST ON CRACK CHARGE

A Roanoke teen-ager was charged with possession of crack cocaine Thursday night after a wild car chase through Roanoke into Salem at speeds of more than 100 mph, police said.

Six police cars joined in the chase that ended with the 16-year-old driver losing control and smashing into a fire hydrant. The driver and his teen-age passenger were not seriously hurt.

Roanoke police said the chase started at 9:55 p.m. Thursday when a Roanoke patrol officer spotted a 1985 compact car with a tail light out at Sixth Street and Harrison Avenue Northwest.

When the officer tried to stop the vehicle, the driver ran two lights and took off west on Shenandoah Avenue, police said.

The driver tried to make a left turn off the Boulevard onto Pearl Street, but blew out a tire, Salem police Lt. J.R. Bryant said. The car struck a fire hydrant, knocking it over to a 45-degree angle.

The driver got out, and was arrested about a block away after a foot chase.

Charges are pending in Salem against the two teen-agers, Bryant said.

- Staff report

by CNB