A 52-year-old man from Jamestown, Tennessee is in custody after a wild chase through Dade County and Marion County on Sunday, December 7.

Dade County Sheriff Ray Cross said his deputies saw a car with an "equipment violation" exit I-24 West onto Hwy 299. When they tried to stop the car, the driver did a u-turn to get back on the interstate.

He says the driver sped off, heading northward across the state line towards Haletown in an attempt to flee deputies.

One deputy did a PIT maneuver on the suspect's car in attempts to end the pursuit, but after spinning around, the driver continued in the other direction, hitting a Dade County sergeant head-on.

Despite sustaining heavy damage, the suspect drove onwards into the outskirts of Jasper, where Marion County Deputies took the lead on the p

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