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Suspect arrested after police chase, backup crash in Clark County; trooper injured

I-65 South in Clarksville was shutdown after a police pursuit stopped traffic and caused a deadly, fiery semi-truck crash.

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. — A man accused of leading police on a chase in southern Indiana and crashing into a state trooper has been arrested.

Indiana State Police confirmed Dylin Taylor, 27 of Charlestown, is facing 10 charges:

  • Battery w/ bodily injury to a public safety officer
  • Neglect of a dependent resulting in bodily injury
  • Resisting law enforcement with a vehicle and causing serious bodily injury 
  • Battery by means of a deadly weapon
  • Criminal recklessness with aggressive driving 
  • Resisting law enforcement with vehicle 
  • Resisting law enforcement 
  • Reckless driving causing bodily injury
  • Driving while suspended
  • Criminal recklessness

Lanes of I-65 South in southern Indiana opened Tuesday afternoon after the fatal, fiery crash involving four semi trucks.

At about 12:45, INDOT reported that Patrick Harvey, 25, died after a semi-truck caught on fire on I-65 South in Clark County.

Police are in the early stages of their investigation but said the semi-truck crash was caused by traffic built during a pursuit that originated in Scott County and ended in a crash on I-65 South in Clark County.

Police were allegedly chasing Taylor who was reportedly driving 120 mph with a woman and child in the car.

Stop sticks and other measures were deployed to no avail. Taylor ended up crashing into an ISP trooper’s vehicle.

The crash stopped traffic and caused a chain-reaction crash between three semi-trucks on I-65 South. Then, a fourth semi truck slammed into the three semi-trucks.

The driver of the fourth semi-truck - Harvey - was killed, another semi-truck driver involved in the crash was injured and a person who was in the sleeper of the fourth semi-truck was also injured.

Officials believe both people injured are likely to survive and didn't release the severity of their injuries.

The trooper involved in the first crash was taken to the hospital with what officials say are minor head injuries but has since been released.

Taylor fled the scene on foot but was later captured by police. He's currently booked at the Clark County Jail. 

ISP officials say the woman and child who were passengers in Taylor's car are expected to be okay.

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