A Pelham police officer tried to pull over a black Kia K5 near mile marker 242 on Interstate 65 on Friday, but instead of stopping, the driver hit speeds of 117 mph and kept going south, according to police. The chase continued south on I-65 before officers finally brought the car to a halt using tire spikes.
The driver, identified as Aryan Devonte Saye of Phenix City, refused to stop for the Pelham officer and continued southbound on I-65 after the attempted stop, according to the Pelham Police Department, as reported by WBMA. Officers deployed tire spikes near mile marker 213, bringing the Kia to a stop, the department said. Saye was then taken into custody.
The full pursuit covered roughly 29 miles on I-65, per a local report on the incident. That stretch of highway cuts through rolling stretches of central Alabama farmland and small-town exits, a reminder of just how far a single traffic stop can travel once a driver decides not to pull over.
Multiple Agencies Joined the Pursuit
The Pelham Police Department thanked Alabama Law Enforcement Agency state troopers along with officers from Calera, Jemison, Chilton County and Clanton for assisting with the pursuit. Coordinating a chase across that many jurisdictions in a single stretch of interstate requires fast communication between agencies that don’t typically work calls together…