Credit: Falls Township police
A Falls Township police officer narrowly avoided serious injured during a pursuit on Route 13 Monday.
Trenton police were chasing a a silver Honda that crossed over the Calhoun Street bridge that connects New Jersey to Morrisville Borough around 4:45 p.m. Officers were pursuing the vehicle because the driver was wanted for allegedly attempting to run over a Trenton detective, according Falls Township police Lt. Nelson Whitney.
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Falls Township officers joined the chase as it went up West Trenton Avenue and onto Route 13 southbound. The Honda took the Route 13 exit on Mill Creek Road and then got back on Route 13 northbound until it exited at Penn Valley Road before speeding up the ramp onto northbound Route 13, police said.
Falls Township Officer George Thomas was at the top of the ramp deploying a tire-deflation device for high-speed pursuits when the driver of the fleeing Honda – Naaman W. Little, 34, of Trenton – attempted to avoid the stop sticks and lost control of the Honda, striking the police vehicle and just missing the patrolman, police said.
Little was nabbed after the crash, police said.
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Police said Little’s New Jersey driver’s license was found to be suspended.
The incident caused Route 13 northbound to be closed in the area of Penn Valley Road for some time following the wreck.
Little was arraigned Monday evening on four counts of aggravated assault and two counts each of simple assault, reckless endangerment, and single counts of fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, reckless driving, and driving while operating privileges suspended or revoked. He was sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility in lieu of 10 percent of $500,000 bail.
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Falls Township police said Morrisville Borough officers assisted.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
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