Leitchfield Police Department arrests man for hit and run

Last Thursday, the Leitchfield Police Department received a report of a hit and run. According to a release from the department, the incident occurred at the intersection of William Thompson Byway and South Main Street. The vehicle, a white Chevrolet pickup truck, matched the description of a vehicle that was reported in an earlier incident in which the driver had been in a verbal altercation with road workers at another location. An officer observed the vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the driver fled. The vehicle continued onto public square and then struck an oncoming vehicle. He continued on to South Main Street, and struck several more vehicles at a stop light, then several more parked vehicles in the lot of a business. The driver, Christopher Bell of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence, fleeing or evading police, wanton endangerment, resisting arrest, and careless driving, with additional charges pending.