Published: January 16, 2019

A MAURY COUNTY MAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER HIS VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD ON BY A TEEN FLEEING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.  MEDIA SOURCES REPORT, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED JANUARY 10TH NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WILLIAMSPORT PIKE AND HAMPSHIRE.  DAVID VASQUEZ, 40, OF COLUMBIA, WAS DRIVING NEAR THE INTERSECTION WHEN THE 16 YEAR OLD DRIVER HIT HIS VEHICLE.  THE TEEN HAD BEEN PULLED OVER BY A MAURY COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY FOR A TAIL LIGHT VIOLATION AND AS THE DEPUTY APPROACHED HIS VEHICLE THE TEEN TOOK OFF AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  THE DEPUTY ATTEMPTED TO PURSUE THE VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME HE DISCOVERED THE CRASH.  THE TEEN’S VEHICLE HAD FLIPPED ON ITS TOP AND THE TEEN ESCAPED AND RAN.  THE DEPUTY RENDERED AID TO VASQUEZ UNTIL HELP ARRIVED.  THE TEEN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY LATER AT A MEDICAL FACILITY AND NOW FACES VARIOUS CHARGES INCLUDING RECKLESS DRIVING EVADING ARREST AND DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.