A man wanted in North Carolina was injured in a crash on Saturday during a vehicle pursuit. According to a release from Virginia State Police, Gerald Eugene Carvin, 51, of Raleigh, NC was traveling south on Route 29 when the vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree. The vehicle overturned and came to rest in the roadway.
The crash occurred at 4:36 pm. The vehicle was involved in a traffic pursuit in NC and entered Virginia in VSP’s Appomattox Division. That pursuit was terminated by the officer chasing the vehicle. The 2006 Mercedes was then spotted in the Salem Division, and the driver again refused to stop and fled. That pursuit was also terminated by the trooper after losing sight of the vehicle.
The Mercedes crashed on Route 29, just before entering North Carolina. Carvin was flown to Roanoke Memorial Hospital for injuries received in the crash.
It is unclear what crime he was wanted for in North Carolina and he now has charges pending in Virginia.