
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man and woman were arrested after a high-speed chase came to an end and police found meth in the car.
A state trooper was patrolling U.S. 460 when he spotted a pickup truck with a broken windshield traveling along the highway.
He attempted to pull it over, but the truck sped away instead, leading to a pursuit reaching speeds of 90 miles an hour.
The officer noted the truck was weaving all over the road and the chase finally came to an end when it got stuck in a ditch at Flanary Branch.
The driver, identified as 30-year-old Austin Slone, of Pikeville, failed a field sobriety test and then passed out in the police car after he was arrested.
A search of the truck located more than 2 grams of meth, along with a large amount of cash and several plastic bags.
Neither Slone nor his passenger, identified as 40-year-old Elisha Robinson, of Robinson Creek, would claim ownership of the drugs, so both were arrested for meth trafficking and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Slone is also charged with DUI, fleeing police and multiple traffic violations.
