A man is in custody and a woman is in the hospital after a high-speed chase that crossed three counties in South Carolina.
Sheila Cole with Anderson Co. Sheriff’s office says they received a ‘Be On The Look Out’ from Oconee County authorities Monday morning for a white truck in connection with an armed robbery.
Deputies spotted the truck around 2:35 p.m. Monday afternoon and deputies started attempting to stop the vehicle.
Anderson County Sheriff Skipper says the chase suspect, Adam Martin, was firing a weapon during the chase. The sheriff believes Martin was shooting at the tires of an 18-wheeler to cause it to crash.
At one point during the chase the suspect’s truck ran into the median. And, briefly the pickup truck was going in reverse on the interstate.
The truck finally stopped at the Clinton Exit in Laurens County after it hit a car at the top of the exit. The suspect didn’t stop after that, he drove down an access road and then cut across the exit and smashed into a guard rail — which finally caused his pickup truck to stop.
Sheriff Skipper says once the crash happened, the driver held a gun to his head during a brief standoff with police.
Laurens County Sheriff Ricky Chastain says one non-law enforcement vehicle was hit at the off ramp at Exit 2. That person was airlifted to the hospital.
According to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Martin was charged with second degree burglary in April of 2011 and charged with grand larceny in May of 2011.