Two dead in Troy University police chase
Troy University police are investigating a chase that ended with two people dead.
It started around 1:48 a.m. Sunday on Elm Street near campus when an officer observed a car stopped.
When the officer attempted to approach the vehicle, the driver took off at a high rate of speed.
The officer followed the vehicle and a short distance later, the car left the roadway and struck a utility pole.
Both occupants of the vehicle, the driver and the passenger, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say both were residents of Troy, but not Troy University students.
State troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency are investigating the incident.
