Deputy injured, suspect crashes after chase in Sumter County
Tyburious Heyward/Sumter County Sheriff Department
SUMTER, SC (WOLO) – A car went airborne and rolled over multiple times on Mooneyhan Road in Sumter County Wednesday night after a brief pursuit by a Sumter County Sheriff’s deputy, the agency said.
The deputy was conducting a driver’s license safety checkpoint about 8:15 p.m. when the deputy noticed a vehicle turn around in a church parking lot to avoid the checkpoint.
The vehicle failed to stop for the deputy and continued on, authorities say.
The vehicle 19-year-old Tyburious Heyward was driving hit a curb at the intersection of Atlantic Street and Mannng Avenue; Heyward and another occupant were not injured.
During the case, authorities say a deputy hit a tree when he lost control of his vehicle.
The deputy suffered non-life threatening injuries.
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