Indianapolis man arrested after Kentucky multi-county pursuit on I-69

MADISONVILLE, Ky. (WEVV) — A traffic stop on Interstate 69 Friday afternoon escalated into a high-speed pursuit spanning multiple counties and ending with the arrest of an Indiana man on a long list of charges.

21-year-old Ronzay Buckner of Indianapolis faces numerous counts including first-degree fleeing or evading police, wanton endangerment, and trafficking in marijuana.

An officer with the Madisonville Police Department’s interdiction unit reported seeing a black Hyundai change lanes abruptly without signaling near the 108-mile marker. When the officer attempted a traffic stop, the driver initially stopped in the left lane, then drove onto the shoulder and began traveling southbound in the northbound lanes, forcing other vehicles to move to avoid a collision…

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