Dashcam footage showed a police officer being run over on a busy interstate by a suspect who fled down a Tennessee highway, Your Content has learned.
Roy Nicholson, 26, of Columbia, was pulled over on I-65 North on Sunday for a ‘traffic violation’
He was asked to step out of his car after Franklin Police Officer Dustyn Stevens saw ‘a gun in the vehicle and smelled marijuana’
The two struggled and Nicholson managed to get the driver’s side door open as Officer Matt Lamarr pulls up in another cruiser and raced toward the two men.
Nicholson started to drive off, dragging both Stevens and Lamarr down the road.
Lamarr was dragged a few feet down the road while Stevens was dragged and ran over as Nicholson merged down the I-65.
Nicolson was later apprehended at a Walmart and charged with two counts of aggravated assault against a first responder and felony evading,‘according to FOX13.
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