Mooresville driver hits 3 police cars at 130 mph, faces 10 charges
Devin Valdivia, 25, was arrested Saturday after a high-speed chase in Iredell County, hitting three police cars and injuring an officer. He faces 10 charges including felony assault.
Mooresville man arrested after 130 mph chase through Iredell County
A 25-year-old North Carolina man faces 10 criminal charges, including multiple felonies, after allegedly leading officers on a high-speed pursuit and striking three police cars, wbtv.com reports.
Devin Valdivia was arrested on Saturday, 7 November, following a chase that began in Iredell County when officers responded to reports of a possibly impaired driver. An officer attempted to stop Valdivia on Langtree Road, but he fled — driving into oncoming traffic before the pursuit escalated.
Court documents allege Valdivia reached speeds of up to 130 mph and struck a Mooresville police car on Langtree Road. He then travelled south on Interstate 77, exiting at Sam Furr Road, where his vehicle collided with a second police car. After continuing to flee and driving again into oncoming traffic, Valdivia returned to I-77 and took Exit 28, where a third collision with a police car occurred. Documents state he was travelling at 100 mph in a 65 mph zone on I-77 at the time and failed to maintain lane control.
An officer sustained a fractured bone in his hand as a result of one of the impacts during the chase.
Valdivia eventually abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot before being taken into custody.
He faces charges of felony fleeing to elude arrest, felony assault on a law enforcement officer, driving while impaired, resisting a public officer, felony damage to property, and multiple traffic offences.
Arrest records reviewed by wbtv.com show Valdivia has prior convictions in Lincoln County for assault on a government official and attempted fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, as well as a prior conviction for driving while impaired in Gaston County.
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