LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas State Police on Friday said they agree with a prosecutor’s decision to drop charges against a driver who was stopped after a pursuit in downtown Little Rock, later learning the driver was rushing a child to the hospital during a medical emergency.
The incident happened around 8:28 a.m. Feb. 20 on Interstate 630. A state trooper conducted a tactical vehicle intervention after the vehicle failed to pull over for an attempted traffic stop. No one was injured.
Arkansas State Police responds after trooper hits car carrying child having medical emergency
Authorities later determined a child inside the vehicle was experiencing a medical emergency and that the driver, the child’s parent, was trying to reach a nearby hospital. The trooper was not aware of the situation at the time of the stop.
Police said the trooper immediately requested an ambulance, which transported the child for treatment…