Tractor-trailer driver charged with fleeing police in Barren County
BARREN COUNTY, Ky. – A tractor-trailer driver is charged with fleeing police after allegedly attempting to hit other vehicles in Barren County.
According to the Barren County Sheriff’s Office, on Sunday, Nov. 1 around 1:50 p.m., Barren-Metcalfe 911 began receiving multiple reports of a blue tractor-trailer traveling westbound on Burkesville Road in a reckless manner.
Callers reported a vehicle was crossing into oncoming traffic and attempting to hit other vehicles, authorities say.
Deputies say the tractor-trailer was located on Burkesville Road near the Cumberland Parkway. The tractor-trailer then entered the Cumberland Parkway, where deputies say they attempted to conduct a traffic stop near Exit 11.
The driver failed to stop, authorities say, leading to a pursuit that continued onto Interstate 65. Authorities say the pursuit came to an end near Park City without further incident.
The driver was identified as 24-year-old Ernest Lee Corzell of Pinellas Park, Florida.
Corzell is charged with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, one count of reckless driving, first-degree fleeing or evading police and operating a motor vehicle under the influence, first offense.
The Barren County Sheriff’s Office received assistance by the Barren-Metcalfe 911 Center, the Glasgow Police Department, and other agencies in this case.
