Pittsburgh ,PA : Driver fleeing construction zone traffic stop crashes head-on into other car on early Wednesday ,July 1st 2015

A driver with two armed passengers in his car fled a construction zone traffic stop early Wednesday, was chased by state police troopers and crashed head-on into another vehicle while trying to exit an interstate, killing himself and injuring four other people, authorities said.

The driver, 20-year-old Richard Giles Jr., of Pittsburgh, sped away as an approaching trooper smelled marijuana coming from his vehicle at about 2:30 a.m., state police spokesman Trooper Matthew Jardine said. State police were involved because troopers patrol the roadway, Interstate 376, known locally as the Parkway East, even within the city limits.

The car Giles was driving smashed into another car because he was unable to complete a left turn off an exit ramp, Jardine said. Three passengers in the vehicle Giles was driving were injured. The fourth person injured was the lone occupant of the other car, Jardine said.

Two of the passengers in Giles' car were armed, and a third was wanted on an unspecified arrest warrant, Jardine said. Whether they'll face any charges hadn't been determined.



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Driver fleeing construction zone traffic stop crashes head-on into other car; he dies, 4 hurt