Two vehicles were involved in a high-speed chase on Towerview Drive late Monday night. No one was injured.
The vehicles were driving approximately 60 mph when the car being pursued came to the Towerview traffic circle and hit the curb, said sophomore Maurizio Martinovic, who was exiting the Blue Zone at the time. Police do not believe either vehicle is affiliated with the University, said Assistant Chief Gloria Graham of the Duke University Police Department.
The car’s three passengers soon abandoned the damaged vehicle and fled the scene. Meanwhile, the pursuing vehicle sped up and down Towerview multiple times, yelling out the windows before driving off, Martinovic said.
DUPD responded to the incident and charged the driver of the pursued vehicle with careless and reckless driving and driving with a revoked license. The other two passengers are unidentified, Graham said.
Martinovic said the chase resulted from an altercation at the intersection of Morreene Road and Towerview.
The first vehicle stopped at a green light to give directions to a friend, which irritated the second car and prompted the chase, Graham said.
Several other cars were on Towerview at the time and were almost hit by the pursuing vehicle, Martinovic said.
Because the area sees heavy pedestrian traffic, the chase posed a danger to students, Graham said.
“The roundabout is deliberately there to slow traffic down—that’s the primary reason [the first driver] was cited,” she said. “It’s just a blessing that somebody didn’t get hit.”
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