KSP, local agencies on wild chase Sunday – The Advocate-Messenger

Kentucky State Police (KSP) and local law enforcement agencies were involved in a multi-county pursuit over the holiday weekend involving two stolen vehicles that landed a Louisville man in the hospital after allegedly using an unknown amount of heroin.

At approximately 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening, KSP Precinct 4 in Elizabethtown received a call from the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office reporting that they were pursuing a stolen Hyundai Elantra traveling west on the Bluegrass Parkway.

As the pursuit entered I-65 north near Elizabethtown, KSP was asked to take over the pursuit from the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office. At mile marker 102, 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 officers set up a perimeter, they spotted the male suspect now driving a tractor-trailer, and another pursuit ensued. The pursuit then returned to I-65 north before officers successfully deployed stop batons near mile marker 117. At that time, the truck exited the interstate and entered the parking lot of an adjacent business before entering East Blue Lick Road in Bullitt Co. After a short time driving down East Blue Lick, the truck left the road and overturned in a wooded area near the road, and the suspect was taken into custody without further incident.

The suspect was taken by ambulance to University of Louisville Hospital for treatment after allegedly taking an unknown amount of a substance believed to be heroin. His name is being withheld until he is released from medical observation, at which point he will be booked into the Hardin County Detention Center. The male suspect will be charged with first-degree fleeing and eluding, receiving stolen property, theft over $10,000 and other offenses.

KSP Post 4 received assistance from Bullitt Co. EMS, Nelson Co. Sheriff’s Office, Bullitt Co. Sheriff’s Office, Hardin Co. Sheriff’s Office, Elizabethtown Police Dept., Hillview Police Department and Shepherdsville Police Dept. Trooper James Payne is leading the ongoing investigation.

The suspect, whose name has not yet been released, will face multiple charges upon his release from the hospital. They include first-degree fleeing and evading, receiving stolen property and theft by illegal taking over $10,000.