Kentucky State Police and local agencies were involved in a multi-county pursuit that landed a man in a hospital after supposedly ingesting a unknown amount of heroin.
Kentucky State Police Post 4 received a call from the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office around 7:30 p.m. Sunday (09/01), advising they were pursuing a stolen Hyundai Elantra westbound on the Bluegrass Parkway.
As the pursuit entered I-65 north near Elizabethtown, Kentucky State Police was requested to take over the pursuit from the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office. At the 102-mile marker, the suspect exited I-65 and headed north on Joe Prather Parkway toward Radcliff. The pursuit ended on Patriot Lane, where the suspect exited the vehicle and fled on foot. As troopers set up a perimeter, they observed the male suspect now operating a semi-tractor trailer, and another pursuit ensued. The pursuit then entered back onto I-65 north before troopers successfully deployed stop sticks near the 117-mile marker. At that time, the semi exited the interstate and entered the parking lot of an adjacent business before pulling out onto East Blue Lick Road in Bullitt County. After a brief period traveling down East Blue Lick, the semi left the roadway and overturned in a wooded area near the roadway, and the suspect was taken into custody without further incident.
The suspect was taken by EMS to the University of Louisville Hospital for treatment after supposedly ingesting an unknown amount of a substance believed to be heroin. His name is being withheld until he is released from medical observation, at which time, he will be lodged at the Hardin County Detention Center. The male suspect will be charged with fleeing and evading 1st degree, receiving stolen property, theft of unlawful taking over $10,000, and various other felony charges.
Kentucky State Police Post 4 was assisted by the Bullitt County EMS, Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office, Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, Elizabethtown Police Department, Hillview Police Department, and the Shepherdsville Police Department.
The incident remains under investigation by the Kentucky State Police.
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