A man faces multiple traffic violations following a chase which began in Sussex County, Virginia, late Friday night and ended when he surrendered to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol at the Nash County line.

In all, Thomas Earl Weedon, 26, of Spotsylvania, Virginia, led law enforcement on a 59-mile chase where the top speed reached 120 miles per hour, said Sergeant M.P. Cape of the state Highway Patrol.

The chase in Virginia by the Sussex County Sheriff's Office deputy who originally clocked him at 102 miles per hour ended when Weedon crossed the state line and the state Highway Patrol took over, Trooper T.J. Blount following him to the Nash County line.

Cape said Virginia authorities notified North Carolina troopers a Ford F-150 traveling at a high rate of speed on Interstate 95 was headed southbound around 9:50 p.m.

After the 33-mile chase in Virginia ended, Blount followed the truck on Interstate 95 for 26 more miles.

Troopers at the 152 mile marker had deployed Stop Sticks. Weedon pulled to the shoulder of the interstate at the 150 mile marker and surrendered.

Cape said the only explanation Weedon gave for the excessive speed was that he "just didn't want to stop."

During the chase and trying to perform a rolling roadblock, Cape's patrol was nearly hit and a Nash County trooper's car parked on the shoulder of the interstate was nearly hit.

As it ended, Cape said there were no damages and no one was hurt. "We were very fortunate."

Blount charged Weedon with multiple driving offenses including speeding to elude arrest.

Weedon will also face driving offenses in Virginia.

Weedon was jailed on $10,000 secured bond in Halifax County.