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Fleeing driver's speed hit 110 mph

Man crashes during 110 mph chase

Date published: 4/27/2007

BY KEITH EPPS

A Stafford County man picked up multiple charges following a three-locality flight from the law Wednesday during which his speed reached 110 mph, police said.

The incident began about 2:30 a.m. when a Spotsylvania deputy made a traffic stop in the Four-Mile Fork area. It ended several minutes later after the suspect crashed into a passing motorist as he got onto State Route 3 east in Stafford County from the Blue and Gray Parkway.

Police reports did not indicate any serious injury to the innocent motorist. The suspect, 26-year-old Jason Musselman, was taken to Mary Washington Hospital after complaining of abdominal pain, police said.

Spotsylvania sheriff's Lt. Eddie Peck said the suspect sped away from a deputy after being stopped about 2:30 a.m. Peck said the deputy didn't pursue the suspect because he recognized him from previous encounters.

Peck said the driver drove down Lafayette Boulevard at a high rate of speed and had his car lights off as he passed the magistrate's office.

Fredericksburg police got behind the suspect as he entered the city on Lafayette and continued to the Blue and Gray Parkway.

Stafford sheriff's spokesman Bill Kennedy said the speeding driver was trying to merge onto Route 3 east in Stafford when he struck the rear passenger's side of an eastbound vehicle and knocked it into a guardrail.

Stafford deputy Kevin Kortman saw the wrecked car as he headed to assist city police with the suspect.

Musselman was finally apprehended about a half-mile east of the accident in front of White Oak Equipment, Kennedy said.

Kennedy said Musselman told Kortman that he'd had two "tall boys," part of a 40-ounce can of beer and numerous Vicodin and OxyContin pills that evening.

He was charged with felony hit-and-run and driving while intoxicated in Stafford. He was also charged with felony eluding and driving suspended in both Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg, along with resisting arrest.

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Date published: 4/27/2007