Police: Drunken ATV rider flees trooper

Written by Evansville Courier & Press

Monday, July 27, 2009

Gavin Lesnick

WEBSTER COUNTY, Ky. — A 36-year-old Dixon, Ky. man is accused of riding an ATV while intoxicated and then fleeing Kentucky State Police troopers when they tried to pull him over.

It happened about 7:15 p.m. Sunday when a trooper saw Basil C. Stone driving the ATV on U.S. 41 north of Slaughters, Ky.

When the trooper tried to pull the vehicle over, it veered off the roadway and overturned, authorities said.

Stone allegedly then ran into a wooded area. He surrendered about 10 minutes later.

Stone was booked into the Webster County Detention Center on preliminary charges of fleeing and evading police in a motor vehicle, fleeing and evading police on foot and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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