Risky, high-speed chases explode under Memphis safe task force

By: Marc Perrusquia, Mel Eleftheriou, Meghnad Bose

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: March 2, 2026

Words: 2,716

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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The driver hit the gas, racing his blue Chevy Malibu through the streets of Memphis’ Whitehaven community for a quarter-hour with three highway patrol cars in hot pursuit.

Seventeen minutes into the chase — initiated after the driver failed to dim his bright lights — things turned chaotic. A state trooper “began to attempt to box the blue malibu in and end the pursuit,” according to a second trooper’s affidavit filed in General Sessions …

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