Stem police chief crashes in pursuit of two motorcycles

Wednesday, July 27, 2016
STEM (WTVD) -- The police chief of a Granville County town was injured when he crashed into a tree while involved in a chase with two motorcycles.

According to Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins, the Sheriff's Office was assisting the Stem Police Department with the chase Tuesday night.
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The motorcycles sped past a road block set up by deputies and the Stem chief, Mike Beal, crashed into a tree just south of Hester Road on Highway 15.

Beal was taken to Duke Hospital with multiple injuries.

The motorcycles kept going into Creedmoor and got away.
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Later, one of the motorcycles was found on I-85 in Durham, Wilkins said.

No other details were immediately available.

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