A police pursuit that started in Nelson County ended in Hardin County with a car in flames and a man in custody Friday morning.
Around 8 a.m. Nelson County Sheriff deputies and EMS responded to the 1100 block of Bloomfield Road for a person possibly struck by a vehicle. When they arrived they located a 30-year-old woman who had been stabbed multiple times, according to a release from the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office. A witness told deputies the victim jumped out of a black Chevy Impala.
About 8:16 a.m. Nelson County Dispatch received a complaint of a possible subject who left a store in the 2500 block of Springfield Road in Bardstown without paying for gas.
Responding deputies located the Impala near Woodlawn Road and a pursuit ensued. During the pursuit deputies noticed the subject, 37-year-old Herbert McGowan, pouring gas inside the vehicle.
Kentucky State Police in Elizabethtown said troopers were able to stop the vehicle by using stop sticks on the ramp from Bluegrass Parkway to southbound Interstate 65.
McGowan then set the car on fire. He was arrested at the scene.
McGowan was later treated at Flaget Memorial Hospital for burns and taken to the Nelson County Jail. He is facing numerous charges, including first-degree domestic violence assault.
The female victim was flown to University Hospital.
Source: WAVE
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