A Tennessee man led police on a chase across two counties before being taken into custody, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Trooper Bobby Johnson told WJLE that he spotted a Honda Accord parked on Highway 70, blocking traffic. When he pulled up behind it and turned on his lights, the driver took off and refused to stop. “He was all over the road the whole time,” Johnson said.
When the driver, identified as Tyson, 39, briefly stopped, the trooper said he was seen to be unclothed and bleeding before he shut the door and drove away. Officers used spike strips twice, which damaged some of his tires and slowed the car, and he was eventually boxed in and taken into custody.
He was taken to Vanderbilt hospital for treatment. The Tennessee Highway Patrol told Newsweek that his injuries appeared to be self inflicted. Reports also said he had active warrants out of Cookeville. The investigation is ongoing and no other details were released.
The chase involved multiple agencies, including troopers from Cookeville and Nashville, the DeKalb County sheriff’s department, the Wilson County sheriff’s office, and the Alexandria and Watertown police departments.
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