HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – Officers with the Hopkinsville Police Department pursued a stolen vehicle Saturday afternoon, resulting in a multi-city high speed chase and drug charges.
On Aug. 29 at 1 p.m., a Flock camera alerted HPD of a stolen vehicle passing through Clinic Drive and Fort Campbell Boulevard in Hopkinsville. The stolen license plate number was confirmed by ECC and officers headed toward the area. The vehicle was located at the parking lot of Walmart, and officers attempted a felony traffic stop when the vehicle began to leave. The driver was later identified as Samantha Salmon from Madison, Tennessee.
An arrest report from HPD says Salmon began to drive away, with two male passengers inside. A passenger in the back exited the moving vehicle as they began fleeing at a high rate of speed. The vehicle drove in the wrong direction on the northbound lane, driving over a curb and into the grass to get onto Fort Campbell Boulevard…