Updated: December 18, 2017

A MAN WHO ESCAPED LAUDERDALE COUNTY CUSTODY HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN TENNESSEE.  ACCORDING TO REPORTS, 43 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER KILPATRICK WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER HE WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC COLLISION EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  AUTHORITIES INDICATE KILPATRICK COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE IN MACON COUNTY WHILE FLEEING FROM POLICE.  THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE IS REPORTEDLY IN CRITICAL CONDITION.  SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS BELIEVE KILPATRICK WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET TO GATLINBURG WHEN HE WAS SPOTTED BY OFFICERS AND FLED.  CHARGES RELATED TO THE MACON COUNTY INCIDENT ARE PENDING.  THIS MARKS THE SECOND TIME HE ESCAPED FROM THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.  HE IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTRADITED BACK TO ALABAMA LATER THIS WEEK.