MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — A suspect escaped arrest in the Brumley area, after a deputy crashed into a tree along a gravel road while in pursuit.

According to the Miller County Sheriff’s Department, on Monday, Aug. 1 around 1:35 a.m., Miller County Deputies alerted to a chase by the Crocker Police Department. Police said a black Dodge Dakota with no tailgate had managed to escape a pursuing Crocker Police Officer on State Route BB near the intersection with State Route U, outside Brumley.

Deputy Caleb Shelton picked up the chase in the Ulman area after spotting the truck, the sheriff’s department says. Around 2:17 a.m., Shelton’s patrol vehicle slid on the gravel on Colvin Loop, near Blackmer Road, and slammed into a tree on the left side of the road. The Highway Patrol reported Shelton did not have on a seat belt at the time of the crash and sustained moderate injuries. He was hospitalized and has since been released.

The suspect was not apprehended.

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