An Owensboro man was charged with fleeing from law enforcement after a wreck on Cox Mill Road in Hopkinsville Thursday afternoon.
Hopkinsville Police say a northbound car ran off the road and hit a stop sign at the intersection of Fairfax Avenue and while officers were talking with the driver his passenger 39-year-old Anthony Stewart fled on foot.
Stewart was reportedly located by a neighbor hiding in a backyard then fled from law enforcement again but was quickly apprehended.
Police say the driver said he didn’t know Stewart and was just giving him a ride.
Stewart was arrested and charged with second-degree fleeing or evading police, public intoxication, resisting arrest, and second-degree disorderly conduct. No one was injured in the wreck.
