Sheriff: Bank Robbery Suspect Dies After Police Chase, Crash

Sheriff: Bank Robbery Suspect Dies After Police Chase, Crash
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NASHVILLE, N.C.—A man suspected of robbing banks in North Carolina and South Carolina died in a car crash on Friday night following a police chase and a “forced stop” by a sheriff’s deputy in North Carolina, authorities said Saturday afternoon.

The sheriff’s deputy conducted the “forced stop” maneuver with his police vehicle on Interstate 95 because the man was driving at dangerous speeds in his small SUV and would not pull over, Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone said at a news conference.