Video of the conclusion of a police chase on an open Kentucky highway on Sunday led to the arrest of a person on a number of expenses.
The video, posted by Kentucky information station WKYT and credited to Emily Smith, reveals a crimson 1992 Chevrolet truck, allegedly belonging to Aaron Elliot, being intently adopted by a Stanton Police Division SUV on Mountain Parkway in Powell County.
The SUV hits the center portion of Elliot's truck, spinning it round and forcing him to speed up in the other way. As Elliot continues to drive, one other police SUV slams into the again of the truck, bringing it to a full cease in a ditch.
The suspect is then seen vacating the automobile and operating uphill as he's chased by a number of officers. Elliot ultimately jumps head-first over a shrub and the video cuts off.
Powell County Detention Heart data present that Elliot, 30, of Mount Sterling, was charged with assault on a police officer, fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest, reckless driving, working a automobile beneath the affect, failure to keep up insurance coverage and working on a suspended/revoked license.
"We had been simply getting within the automotive to observe my little brother play baseball," Isaiah Stupart advised WKYT. His girlfriend recorded the chase that has gone viral. "The very last thing we had been anticipating to see was a giant police chase like that."
Footage of the chase has been seen greater than 455,000 occasions.
The Stanton Police Division stated the chase started at about 2:54 p.m. Sunday when Powell County Dispatch suggested legislation enforcement of a motorized vehicle pursuit coming from Winchester in Clark County.
Winchester police pursued the truck towards Powell County, the place officers with the Stanton Police Division, Clay Metropolis Police Division and Powell County Sheriff's Workplace went to help.
Shortly after the automobile entered Powell County, the automobile crossed the median and commenced touring eastbound within the westbound lane.
A police report obtained by Newsweek and performed by Stanton Police stated Officer Christopher Friel had been in an on-duty collision with one other automobile presumed to belong to Elliot.
Police arrived on the scene and spoke to Friel, who stated that Winchester Police had been concerned in a motorized vehicle pursuit extending into Powell County.
Friel reportedly suggested different officers that the suspect "crossed the median and struck his patrol automobile at extra speeds." As a result of the suspect was "driving reckless and crossing the median," he ultimately merged into Friel's lane, "inflicting each autos to collide and incapacitating Friel's automobile."
After Elliot's automobile was spun round, and "as a result of pursued complete disregard and excessive indifference to human life," as police described, Officer Martin Tipton of the Clay Metropolis Police Division pitted Elliot's automobile within the ditch line. That was when, as video confirmed, the suspect exited his automobile and made a run for it.
Police stated that when Elliot was suggested he was beneath arrest, he initially resisted earlier than being positioned beneath arrest.
"Elliot was very unsteady on his toes and stored nodding his head," the police report stated.
Friel was transported to the Clark Regional Medical Heart for analysis.
After the suspect was transported to the Powell County Detention Heart, the place he's being held, he allegedly requested for an lawyer and refused a blood check.
Detention data present that Elliot was not issued bond for any of his expenses. His subsequent courtroom date is scheduled for Might 4.
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