ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) – A pursuit through the Valley ended in a crash on Interstate 81 in Rockingham County and resulted in the suspect’s arrest, Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson said in an email to WHSV.
A suspect of rape and abduction fled from deputies in Page County on Monday and headed into Rockingham County, Hutcheson said. Deputies in Rockingham County joined the pursuit westbound on Route 33 and deployed spike strips in the Cross Keys area.
While the suspect vehicle was disabled, Hutcheson said, it continued west into Harrisonburg and drove north on I-81 as Virginia State Police took lead on the pursuit. The vehicle crashed into a ditch around mile marker 249 on I-81 northbound…