Daniel BenoitA man was arrested Saturday after leading multiple law enforcement agencies on a high-speed chase.
Daniel Benoit, 60, is accused of throwing fireworks out of his vehicle while driving through Homewood subdivision off Tucker Road, according to an incident report.
Collegedale police were called to the area at around 7 p.m. and saw Benoit pass by, the report states. As he passed by, Benoit threw a firecracker out the driver’s side window, striking the officer’s patrol vehicle.
Another officer spotted him and pulled him over. That officer approached him and asked Benoit if he was the one throwing the fireworks. At that point, Benoit “yelled with his hands raised, ‘OK, OK’ and then sped off,” according to the report.
Officers pursued the vehicle on to Apison Pike, then Ooltewah-Ringgold Road and Main Street, where a Hamilton County sheriff’s deputy had set spike strips.