Updated: December 12, 2017

A POLICE CASE, LANDS ONE IN JAIL AND ONE IN THE HOSPITAL.  ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, DEPUTIES WITH THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ASSISTED A LAWRENCE COUNTY CONSTABLE TODAY IN ATTEMPTING TO STOP A VEHICLE FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.  THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EVADE MULTIPLE SHERRIFF UNITS BEFORE TURNING WEST ON HIGHWAY 64, THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED JUST WEST OF DAVID CROCKETT STATE PARK.  THE DRIVER, JAMES MICHAEL HOWARD, 36, OF LAWRENCEBURG, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.  A FEMALE PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TN REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING THE CRASH.  HOWARD, WHO HAD ACTIVE WARRANTS, WILL FACE A MUTITUDE OF NEW CHARGES IN REGARDS TO THE EVADING EVENT.  NO BOND HAS BEEN SET AT THIS TIME.