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Chapel Hill Officer Involved In Wreck

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A report of a robbery in downtown Chapel Hill ended with a crashed police cruiser Tuesday morning.

Police said the incident happened at about 1:30 a.m. at the intersection of Franklin and North Columbia streets.

Police said the two cars collided while officers followed a car they suspected was used in an earlier attempted robbery.

No one was hurt.

Police said three of the suspects jumped and ran. Police arrested one suspect -- a 16-year-old male from Durham.

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