POLICE IN HOT PURSUIT OF DRIVER IN CALHOUN-ROANE COUNTY

(10/06/2021)
A male driver apparently determined not to be caught was being pursued by the WV State Police and the Calhoun Sheriff's Department starting about 8:30 p.m.Tuesday.

Cpl. Jeff Hunt of the State Police followed the driver up Pink Road off US 33-119 about 9 p.m. in hot pursuit in what appeared to be a slow speed chase, the subject then traveling back into Roane County in the Orchard Run/Otto area.

Other officers were assisting in the chase.

Reports indicated that a tire came off the individuals vehicle and he ran into the woods, about an hour or so after the chase started.

Details regarding the incident leading were not available.