PALM BAY, Fla. – Palm Bay police shocked a man with a stun gun after he led them on a high-speed pursuit that ended in a crash with another vehicle.
The crash happened around midnight Thursday at the intersection of Lipscomb Street and Palm Bay Road.
Police said they had backed off the pursuit, which began as an attempted traffic stop, when the driver started driving recklessly. The driver then ran a red light, and his car slammed into another vehicle, police said.
The driver whom police were pursuing ran away, but officers shot him with a stun gun and arrested him, authorities said.
The driver of the other car was not injured, police said.
No other details have been released.