A man is on the run Tuesday night after police officers in Nashville said he led them on a high-speed chase before crashing and escaping.
According to the Nashville Police Department, an officer was conducting a traffic stop when the suspect drove off down U.S. Highway 64 eastbound going between 120 and 130 mph.
Police said the suspect acted like they were going to exit at Exit 483 near Old Carthage Road, but then attemped to get back on the highway and flipped into the westbound lanes of US-64. The suspect then ran away from the scene towards I-95 and Old Carthage Road.
Police described the suspect as a African American man in in his 20s or 30s, standing between 5’7″ and 5’8″ and was last seen wearing a gray jumpsuit and no shoes.
Police said Highway Patrol and the Nash County Sheriff’s Office were assisting them with the search, adding that they had a drone in the air and a K9 officer searching a nearby wooded area.
All lanes of US-64 are back open. It is unclear how serious the suspect’s injuries are.