Trooper recovering after being hit by car in Davie County

A North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper is recovering from injuries after a car plowed into his parked patrol vehicle Friday night in Davie County. A Winston-Salem man has been charged in the incident. Trooper Houston Holcomb was assisting another trooper, who had tried to stop the suspect for speeding over 100 mph in the 70 mph zone, just east of the Davie Academy Road overpass. The incident started at about 10:42 p.m., and the eastbound portion of the interstate was closed for several hours after the crash near mile marker 171, between the US 601 and Farmington Road exits. NCHP Master Trooper Whit Efird reported that a trooper attempted to stop an Audi A5 clocked at 103 mph. “The suspect vehicle refused to stop and fled from the pursuing trooper,” Efird reported. “An additional trooper…..

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