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Florida driver arrested after ramming car, causing dozen incidents on Interstate 95 in Virginia

Florida driver arrested after ramming car, causing dozen incidents on Interstate 95 in Virginia
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RICHMOND, Va. — A Florida driver led Virginia State Police on a wild chase up Interstate 95, ramming a car off the road and causing at least a dozen incidents before being arrested on Saturday.

Troopers began pursuing a pickup truck with Florida tags in Petersburg. At mile marker 78, which is near the exit for Arthur Ashe Boulevard in Richmond, troopers witnessed the driver ram a car off the road.

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State Police said the pickup truck driver caused at least a dozen more incidents during the chase, but nobody was seriously injured.

The driver was finally stopped in Spotsylvania County and arrested for driving under the influence of drugs.

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