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State trooper injured in Rocky Mount wreck
A state trooper going to help another officer Saturday night crashed outside Rocky Mount, hitting a power pole guidewire, troopers said.
Posted — UpdatedROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — A state trooper going to help another officer Saturday night crashed outside Rocky Mount, hitting a power pole guidewire, troopers said.
Trooper B.K. Jones was going to help another trooper pursue suspects who had run away during a traffic stop, troopers said.
Jones lost control of his cruiser while going around a curve on West Mount Drive, near Bethlehem Drive. The vehicle ran off the right side of the road into a wooded area and struck trees and the guidewire to a power pole.
Jones was treated and released from a local hospital.
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