Tennessee Police Pursuit of Wrongway Driver in Stolen Car Ends in Virginia

From The Big One 106.3 -

A Monday afternoon pursuit starting in the Tazewell, Tn. area of Claiborne County came to an end in Lee County Virginia a short time later.

A call of a reckless driver in the wrong lane of travel near Walmart prompted the New Tazewell Police Department to initiate a be on the lookout for the vehicle. The Tazewell Police shortly afterward located the vehicle clocking it on radar at 100mph as they began the pursuit.

Claiborne County Deputies joined the chase in Harrogate with Tazewell Police terminating their part due to safety concerns. As the driver, later identified as Carlos Erwin Jr., entered Harrogate he struck a vehicle near the former Cowboy's building. Middlesboro Police were put on alert if the chase came into Kentucky via the Cumberland Gap Tunnel.

Erwin Jr. lead the remaining officers into Virginia via Highway 58 where the Park Service and Virginia State Police joined the pursuit. Shortly afterward he was stopped on Highway 58 in the Rose Hill Community.

The vehicle Erwin Jr. was operating was found to be reported stolen in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Carlos Erwin Jr. is facing a host of charges and is being lodged in the Duffield Regional Jail and is expected to be extradicted back to Tennessee.

We hope to have an update on this incident shortly.