MAN ARRESTED AFTER HIGH SPEED CHASE AND WRECK IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY

HUNTER

            A HIGH SPEED CHASE ACROSS CHRISTIAN COUNTY LED TO AN ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES AND NUMEROUS CHARGES AGAINST AN ASHLAND CITY, TENNESSEE MAN.

            CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S CAPTAIN CHRIS MILLER SAYS DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE AREA OF THE COUNTRY BOY STORE AROUND 3AM IN REFERENCE TO A STOLEN 4-WHEELER.

            THE ATV HAD REPORTEDLY BEEN STOLEN FROM TRIGG COUNTY AND A MOTORIST WAS FOLLOWING THE SUSPECT. POLICE LOCATED THE VEHICLE ON I-24 NEAR THE 87 MILE-MARKER AND BEGAN THE CHASE.

            SOON AFTER, 27-YEAR OLD JONATHAN HUNTER OF 1253 CARNEY WINTERS ROAD, ASHLAND CITY EXITED AND RAN A STOP SIGN AT EXIT 89, CAUSING A WRECK WITH INJURIES THAT OAK GROVE POLICE WORKED.

            HUNTER CONTINUED ON BEFORE GETTING BACK ON THE INTERSTATE AND DRIVING EASTBOUND IN THE WESTBOUND LANES.

            POLICE FINALLY STOPPED HUNTER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND CHARGED HIM WITH FLEEING FROM POLICE, LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT AND TWO COUNTS OF WANTON ENDANGERMENT.

            CAPTAIN MILLER SAYS SEVERAL MORE CHARGES WILL BE ADDED.

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