Driver leads law enforcement in multi-county chase in east Alabama

A man is in custody after a high speed chase down Highway 280 Tuesday.

Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputies attempted to stop a vehicle with an obscured license plate during the late morning hours of Tuesday, March 24, 2026, on Highway 280 near Lee Road 298 in the Smiths Station area of Lee County.

The driver refused to stop, and eventually the chase ended on Phenix City Bypass North (U.S. Highway 80) near the South Railroad Street overpass, according to Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones…

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