FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…
Monday, December 9, 2013
Short Pursuit Ends With Crash, DUI Arrest
Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports:
At about 2:15 a.m. Saturday morning (December 7) a deputy sheriff on patrol on Red Bud Road near Calhoun attempted to stop a vehicle which was travelling eratically and at a high rate of speed. This vehicle fled and a chase ensued which continued through Calhoun to C.L. Moss Parkway when the driver lost control and vaulted over a guard rail before crashing into a tree and coming to rest. The driver, Erasmo Ambrocio Zapet, , age 21, of 146 Northview Drive, Calhoun, was arrested and charged with DUI, Fleeing and Attempting to Elude Officers, and other traffic offenses after being treated at Gordon Hospital for non- life threatening injuries.