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Wild police chase ending in Indiana caught on camera
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – A wild ending to a police chase in Indiana. A number of automobiles have been broken, police had their weapons drawn, and one particular person is in custody.
The chase ended on one of many busiest streets in Clarksville on Sunday the place I-65 meets the Lewis and Clark Parkway.
However not earlier than a little bit of chaos and confusion for the drivers, who had no thought what was happening.
Will Howell and his spouse Sheila have been on their manner dwelling from church when the top of a police chase barreled in the direction of them.
“I seemed to my left and I assumed what I seen was perhaps a parade,” Will stated. “My spouse says, ‘no that’s a police chase.’”
They narrowly escaped a collision with a truck, because of fast reflexes from Will.
“I guess you couldn’t put a bit of paper between myself and that truck after I took that six toes in entrance of me and the 2 toes to the appropriate,” Will stated. “I used to be like that’s empty actual property, I’m going to take that spot.”
The chase began in Floyd County, after an officer noticed Lori Phillipy, who had a warrant out for her arrest.
The Floyd County Sheriff’s workplace stated Phillipy was utilizing medication when an officer approached her. They stated she grabbed some syringes and acted like she was going to stab him with them.
That’s when she drove off into Floyds Knobs, the place the officer ended the pursuit as a result of it grew to become too harmful.
Clark County Sheriff’s Deputies picked up the chase till it ended proper in entrance of the Howells.
“We jumped out to see if we may assist anybody,” Will stated. “And my spouse bought to the passengers that have been within the truck that was coming at us first. The girl was actually disorientated, hysterical, she was in all probability in shock. They didn’t see that coming, they went beneath the overpass and right here come the autos. They didn’t even have time to actually know what hit them.”
Howell stated nobody appeared to have any critical accidents, just a bit shaken up.
“It was a miracle,” Will stated. “I imply, it was a miracle. I stated we had simply left the church and my spouse had simply screamed out the identify of Jesus 13 occasions, so if that tells you ways I felt after I bought out of that Jeep, I felt like a blessed man.”
Phillipy is being held with no bond, and no costs have been filed.
She’s scheduled to be in courtroom on Wednesday.
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