State troopers want to stop speeders. Drivers are crashing out.
Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper Devonte Quinn conducts a traffic stop on Interstate 40 on Oct. 18, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
A routine traffic stop turned into a high-speed chase that ended in a crash into a local high school.
Cameron Ross, 35, was arrested Oct. 7 after leading a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper on a chase that ended with his car colliding into KIPP Memphis Collegiate High in North Memphis.
Ross was arrested with help from Homeland Security and Internal Revenue Service agents, both which are present in the city as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force.
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Aarron Fleming
Aarron Fleming covers public safety for The Daily Memphian, focusing on crime and the local court system. He earned his bachelor’s in journalism and strategic media from the University of Memphis.
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