Public Safety
Cops: DUI Charge After 54-MPH Chase on Old Kings Highway South
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A police officer had to speed as high as 54 mph on Old Kings Highway South at about 1:43 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 to catch up to a Darien driver who had sped off after the officer stopped his car on the road, police said. When the officer caught up with the 46-year-old man in the driveway of his home, the man was charged with driving while under the influence, police said. Darien police described the incident with this account (consisting of accusations not proven in court):
Thomas Lindsey of McCray Lane was operating a black Mercedes CLK350 convertible when the officer saw the car drive out of a private driveway leading to an undeveloped tract of land at 6 Locust Hill Drive at about 1:43 a.m.
The car turned west onto Old Kings Highway South as the officer was driving east on the same road and saw that the car’s high beams were on, and the driver failed to dim them as the patrol car approached. The officer turned around his patrol car and followed the Mercedes, which sped up.