Sheriff deputies working a recent traffic checkpoint had to chase down a driver who didn't want to stop. It happened early yesterday morning. According to the deputy, a small station wagon turned around at the Knottville Fire Department rather than going through the checkpoint. The deputy turned on his emergency lights and started to follow the car, which sped up and tried to get away. The two cars sped up Highway 268 from Airport Road to Johnson Road, speeds sometimes reaching 80 miles an hour. The deputy says the driver crossed the center line several times. Then, just as quickly as it started, the chase was over. The 16-year old driving the car, Devin Wood, just pulled over on the side of the road and stopped. He was charged with fleeing and eluding and failing to stop for the blue lights. The deputy called his parents and explained what had happened, and they came and took the boy and the car home.

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