A juvenile is behind bars after a vehicle pursuit throughout Kentucky took place over the weekend.
On October 26, Simpson County dispatch notified agencies that the Westmoreland Police Department in Tennessee was in pursuit of a light blue Hyundai Elantra with Kentucky registration D1X272, reported stolen out of Nicholasville, Kentucky.
The pursuit continued into Allen County, where the Allen County Sheriff’s Office assumed primary pursuit. According to the Simpson County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle entered Simpson County on Highway 100 on Scottsville Road at speeds exceeding 100 mph in a posted 55 mph zone.
The sheriff’s office reported that Deputy C. Moody positioned near the intersection of Highway 100 and Highway 1008 and deployed spike strips. The driver, later determined to be a juvenile, swerved to avoid the spike strips, leaving the roadway and striking a road sign before crossing the roadway and coming to a stop in the opposing lane ditch.
The juvenile then fled on foot toward a gas station and into a wooded area. The suspect was located on Macedonia Road, where Lt. C. Hansen with the Franklin Police Department took the juvenile into custody without further incident.
No injuries were reported, but the juvenile was transported by Franklin-Simpson EMS to the Medical Center at Franklin. The juvenile was later lodged at the Warren County Juvenile Detention Center.
The incident remains under investigation.
Source: WBKO
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