Logan Lepard, 19
Lucas Dobbs, 29Four passengers in a sedan went for a wild ride Sunday night when a 19-year-old driver sped away from a police traffic stop in Red Bank, records show.
The passengers begged driver Logan Lepard to stop during the police chase, which began on the 3100 block of Dayton Boulevard around 10 p.m. and ended in a crash on U.S. Highway 153, Chattanooga police records show.
One passenger even called 911 from the back seat, according to an affidavit. At one point during the chase, Lepard slowed the car and two people tried to get out, but then the car sped off again.
The passengers were “screaming and freaking out,” they later told police. One passenger was pregnant. They said Lepard called his mother during the chase to ask her what he should do.
He lost control of the vehicle after exiting U.S. 27 North onto Highway 153. He surrendered to police after the crash, records show. A Red Bank officer initially had pulled Lepard over for a license plate violation.