THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, April 4, 1996 TAG: 9604040320
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: Short : 26 lines
A police pursuit ended early Wednesday when a Virginia Beach man crashed his car into a pole.
Police tried to stop Richard U. Jones in the 3400 block of George Washington Highway for allegedly driving recklessly about 1:30 a.m.
The chase went into Chesapeake and returned to Portsmouth. Jones, 22, lost control of his car in the 5000 block of George Washington Highway before the vehicle struck a pole and the side of a tire store.
Jones of the 1100 block of Kearsarge Court was in critical but stable condition in a hospital.
Jones was charged with reckless driving, attempting to elude police and driving with a revoked license.
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