Police pursuit ends in crash Wednesday night
Published 12:00 pm Thursday, September 22, 2016
Star Photo/Bryce Phillips
Emergency workers pull an individual from a wrecked vehicle on Riverview Road Wednesday night. An officer at the scene of the accident reported that the crash occurred at the end of a pursuit by the Carter Sheriff’s Department. Reportedly, the Tennessee Highway Patrol is spearheading the investigation, and there was no official confirmation on the incident prior to Elizabethton Star’s press deadline.
UPDATE: Thursday Morning
Noah Click with the Tennessee Highway Patrol issued a brief description of an incident that occurred Wednesday night.
According to THP, the Carter County Sheriff’s Department was in pursuit of a 1998 Ford Mustang with two occupants, Dakota Marich and Rusty Odom, Wednesday night. The department received a call at 10:18 p.m. with injuries on Riverview Drive, where the pursuit ended in a wreck. Injuries were received during the incident. THP is leading the investigation. A full report from the crash is expected to be made available later this afternoon.
