A police pursuit that began in Elizabethtown ended early Wednesday morning in Clarkson.
The Elizabethtown Police Department initiated the pursuit on a possible DUI driver and was soon joined by Kentucky State Police as the chase traveled west on Elizabethtown Road (Hwy 62) through White Mills and Summit at speeds reaching 70 miles per hour. The vehicle also intermittently entered the opposite lane of travel.
At approximately 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, Grayson County Central Dispatch alerted local law enforcement of the pursuit, with Grayson County Deputy Hunter Miller responding to the area. Leitchfield police responded with a cruiser positioned at the intersection of Elizabethtown Road and the William Thomason Byway in case the chase continued into Leitchfield.
As the pursuit wound through Big Clifty and into Clarkson, state police placed spike strips on the roadway inside the Clarkson city limits. Soon after running over the strips, the male suspect, driving a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, pulled into a business parking lot in the 700 block of West Main Street (Hwy 62) and voluntarily exited the vehicle.
The suspect was taken into custody at approximately 1:00 a.m., apparently without further incident.
No other information was available at the time of publication, but K105 has reached out to the Elizabethtown Police Department for further details.
K105 will have more information on this story as it becomes available.
(Photo: Multiple law enforcement officers at the culmination of a police pursuit in a parking lot and blocking the roadway in the 700 block of West Main St. in Clarkson)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
