Authorities have arrested a man wanted in a chase that led to the death of a North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper.
Twenty-four-year-old Trooper Samuel Newton Bullard was killed when he and a second trooper were chasing a suspect who fled a driver's license checkpoint on Monday.
The other trooper was leading the chase when he noticed Bullard was no longer behind him. Bullard's patrol car had hit a bridge support along Interstate 77 in Yadkin County.
Twenty-two-year-old Dakota Kape Whitt of Elkin was arrested early Wednesday morning.
According to a news release, Whitt is charged with murder, fleeing to elude arrest and driving with a revoked license.
Whitt is being held in the Wilkes County jail.
Bullard had worked with the patrol for three years.