UPDATE: Jan. 3 at 12 p.m. at 12:20 p.m.
A filed uniform citation provided additional information on the police chase that occurred on Interstate 64 and resulted in one man being charged with a DUI and for evading police.
The citation detailed that at around 8 a.m. on Thursday, Kentucky State Police Post 12 in Frankfort received a report from a church in Mt. Sterling regarding a stolen vehicle.
Cameras captured the alleged stolen vehicle and a police pursuit ensued with Franklin County law enforcement. However, police lost contact with the vehicle and at around 9 a.m., an officer saw the vehicle traveling northbound n KY-127 on Owenton Road, the citation read.
The officer attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle, driven by Brandon Purvis, but he fled, resulting in a police pursuit.
During the 10-15 minute pursuit, the citation read that Purvis exceeded speeds of 126 mph and was swerving off the roadway. Further, the officer hit a guardrail and lost the vehicles location.
The vehicle was then found by cameras from the Georgetown Police Department and a pursuit with officers began. Police then taken into custody Purvis after he collided with another driver, according to the citation.
The citation read that at the hospital, Purvis admitted to police that he had consumed alcohol. He was then arrested and taken to the Franklin County Detention Center.
UPDATE: Jan. 2 at 12 p.m.
Officials reported that one man has been arrested after he lead police on a chase on Interstate 64 near the Fayette-Scott County line on Thursday.
Police detailed that Lexington police assisted the Georgetown police and state police during the chase.
According to officials, a man was driving on the wrong side of the road and ultimately hit a guard wire that separated the roadways near the I-64/I-75 interchange.
Police added that the driver was intoxicated and was arrested following the chase.
Original Story:
LEX 18 on the scene is reporting that a major police presence has been seen on the I-64/I-75 interchange near the Kearney Hill Golf Links in Lexington as of 10 a.m. on Thursday.
Georgetown police are currently working the scene. Officials confirmed to LEX 18 that the interstate is back open as of 11 a.m. on Thursday.
This is a developing story and LEX 18 will have additional information as it becomes available.
