Wanted NC suspect killed in wrong-way crash along with retired police chief [Video]

MADISON COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) – The North Carolina Highway Patrol said a wanted suspect is dead following a crash that also killed a former police chief on Friday.

According to Highway Patrol, Ryan Ricky Houston was driving a stolen 2019 Jaguar.

Houston was traveling the wrong way on I-26 when his vehicle collided with recently retired police Chief Mike Boone, troopers say.

Officials say the vehicles collided head-on near exit 11.

Houston is wanted out of McDowell County following a home invasion that happened last week. He was also in another crash with a woman who was found in the vehicle stabbed to death on Thursday, August 1.

On Wednesday, Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams released a statement regarding the incident:

“I offer my condolences to all who have suffered as a result of Ryan Ricky Houston’s acts of tragic and wanton violence over the past year — most particularly to the families of Malerie Crisp and Mike Boone. Throughout the pendency of Houston’s …