1 dead after police chase ends in accident in Cumberland County

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) – A police chase in Cumberland County Thursday morning ends with a fatality.

It happened on US Highway 301, just south of the Fayetteville airport.

Fayetteville police officers pursued a white passenger vehicle within city limits and then continued to Hope Mills and onto US Highway 301. The passenger vehicle then crossed the median and was struck by an oncoming car.

Authorities confirmed one death at the scene of the accident.

In addition, a person was arrested who had jumped over a fence into a store involved in the accident.

US Highway 301 is closed from Chickenfoot Road to Tom Starling Road.

Hope Mills Police, CCSO and NCSHP assisted Fayetteville Police.