Early Friday morning, June 23, 2023 at 2:53amCT, Adair County Deputy Josh Durbin attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a 2005 Subaru Outback on KY 61 South. The driver, identified as 37-year-old Adam Nix of Hamilton County, TN, was suspected of operating under the influence as he was traveling into oncoming lanes. The vehicle failed to stop and continued on into the city limits of Columbia where Columbia Police attempted to deploy spike strips. The pursuit traveled through several city streets before leaving city limits and gong onto Pelham Branch Road. The pursuit led to the Cane Valley area before going into Green County. The vehicle then made a turn and headed back to Adair County where Sheriff Josh Brockman joined in the pursuit.
The pursuit came to an end in the limits of Columbia when the vehicle entered into a dead end parking lot, struck a fence, and was boxed in by the sheriff's vehicle and city police cruisers. The driver, Adam Nix, then exited and fled on foot, with Sheriff Brockman and Deputy Durbin in pursuit. Nix was captured in a field where he failed to obey commands and Deputy Durbin deployed his taser.
Adam Nix was taken into custody and lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail on multiple felony offenses including:
- Operating a motor vehicle under the influence
- Fleeing & evading police 1st degree (aggravated circumstances)
- Possession of a controlled substance 1st degree (methamphetamine)
- Possession of marijuana
- Possession of drug paraphernalia
- Reckless driving
- Operating on suspended license
- Criminal mischief 1st degree
- Wanton endangerment
- Improper passing
- Going the wrong way on highway &
- Criminal littering.
Deputy Durbin was assisted by Sheriff Brockman along with Columbia Police Department and Kentucky State Police.
