FLAT ROCK — Occupants of a car that led law officers on a chase emerged uninjured and with their hands aloft after flipping their car in the center of the Village of Flat Rock on Monday afternoon. The two men face multiple charges, a sheriff's deputy said.
A deputy handcuffs an occupant of the Buick Regal that fled from a deputy, lost control and flipped in the middle of Flat Rock.
"They saw a deputy behind them, freaked out and took off," said sheriff's Cpl. Billy Brittain. The car sped up, crossed a double yellow line and lost control on Greenville Highway at Flat Rock Square in the main retail and dining center of the usually quiet village. The driver and a passenger were able to get out and, facing a deputy with his handgun drawn, raised their hands in the air, a witness told the Hendersonville Lightning.
A fire truck from Blue Ridge Fire & Rescue, six sheriff's vehicles and a Highway Patrol cruiser lined the northbound lanes of the highway while the Buick, with both driver's side doors open and belongings scattered about, remained upside down on a grassy shoulder between the road and brick sidewalk.
The two occupants remained on the scene, too. They appeared to be unharmed and both had refused medical attention, Brittain said. Charges will be brought by a Highway Patrol trooper and possibly sheriff's deputies, he said. He did not yet have information on whether the driver was impaired or what caused him to speed away from the flashing blue lights.
Photo courtesy of Hendersonville Lightening.
