High-speed semi chase through county ends in Rosman; multiple cruisers hit, suspect arrested

A high-speed chase involving a semi truck and trailer started in Brevard and ended in Rosman when the truck crashed into the front yard of a mobile home Friday morning, according to eyewitnesses.

The truck had struck vehicles from the N.C. State Highway Patrol and the Transylvania County Sheriff's Office during the chase before it lost control and crashed off N.C. 178 near Rosman High School.

Sheriff's deputies arrested the driver of the vehicle.

At this time it is not known if anyone was injured in the collisions.

The T. Times has reached out to the NCSHP about the incident but no information has been provided yet.

Around 9 a.m. the vehicle was reported by eyewitnesses travelling through downtown Brevard southbound on Broad Street at a high rate of speed as it was chased by state troopers. The vehicle then drove down Country Club Road to Island Ford Road before turning east on the Rosman Highway.

On Rosman Highway the vehicle hit at least one state trooper's vehicle a few hundred yards from the Harmony Korner gas station before turning on the Pickens Highway towards downtown Rosman.

Shortly after the intersection of Pickens Highway and Main Street in Rosman, the truck struck a sheriff's deputy's patrol vehicle.

The truck's front axle broke during the collision, causing the driver to lose control and crash into the front yard of a mobile home at 544 Pickens Highway.

No structures were hit as a result of the accident.

The semi truck was carrying a trailer that appeared to be loaded and the truck is registered to Silkroad Tranz Inc. of Bensalem, Pennsylvania.