Local law enforcement block off road along Rt. 22 near the Canoe Creek State Park, Pa. while investigating a shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. The suspect fired at troopers responding to Friday morning's shootings in Frankstown Township, about 70 miles west of Harrisburg. The fleeing gunman then crashed head-on into a trooper's car and got out of his truck and shot again at police, who returned fire and killed him. Blair County District Rich Consiglio says the gunman killed two men and one woman. (AP Photo/Altoona Mirror, J.D. Cavrich)
Authorities say the crash happened Saturday evening on Alabama state Highway 17 in Pickens County.
WBRC-TV reports (http://bit.ly/Yy1FsU ) the chase started when a Carrollton police officer attempted to pull over a car that ended up speeding away. Carrollton Police Chief Anthony Durram says his officers were calling off the chase when the fleeing car and another vehicle collided head-on.
Sgt. Steve Jarrett of the Alabama State Troopers tells al.com (http://bit.ly/UfLXBs ) the crash killed the driver and a passenger inside the fleeing car. He says two other people were taken to Pickens County Medical Center with injuries that don't appear to be life-threating.
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