SHELBIANA, Ky. — One week after a high-speed chase involving out-of-state suspects ended with a fatal crash in Wise County, a similar chase in Eastern Kentucky ended without injury.
State troopers attempted to pull over a Kia Optima in Prestonsburg just after 4:30 a.m. Thursday, only to have the car speed away instead. The vehicle traveled south on U.S. 23 at speeds over 120 mph.
At Ivel, police saw someone toss a package out of the car. Officers later retrieved the tossed package and found it to contain between 3 and 4 lbs. of meth inside, along with an ounce of fentanyl.
Just before the car reached Pike County, the driver shut off the car’s lights and moved into the northbound lanes, narrowly missing several oncoming cars.
Police called off the chase due to the danger involved, but later found the car parked in a driveway at Shelbiana. Inside the car were Ahmad Moore, 25, of Akron, Ohio; Navaeh Twitty, 20, of Akron, Ohio; and Dean Blair, 23, of Snellville, Ga.
All three were arrested and charged with meth trafficking, aggravated fentanyl trafficking, fleeing police and other charges.
