Bridgeport Detachment of State Police Arrest Man for Fleeing in Vehicle; Suspect Also Charged with DUI
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on February 03, 2025
According to WBOY, a man has been charged after allegedly fleeing from law enforcement while high in Harrison County.
Troopers with the Bridgeport detachment of the West Virginia State Police tried to pull over a “suspect vehicle” in Harrison County on
Wednesday, Jan. 29, but the vehicle rapidly accelerated away and a pursuit began, according to a criminal complaint.
Wednesday, Jan. 29, but the vehicle rapidly accelerated away and a pursuit began, according to a criminal complaint.
Troopers followed the driver, later identified as 22-year-old Austin Pritt, on Pine Bluff Road where he drove “in a reckless and careless manner,” the complaint said. Pritt allegedly passed a vehicle near the intersection of Odells Knob Road and then lost traction on a turn, struck a guardrail and stopped, troopers said.
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Editor's Note: Photo of Austin Pritt taken from the West Virginia Regional Jail system's Web site.
