FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS — A 19-year-old man from Kentucky is dead after Arkansas State Troopers executed a "precision intervention technique" to stop him during a high-speed vehicle pursuit on Sunday, state police said in a news release. At approximately 4:35 p.m., a traffic violation in Forrest City led the trooper to initiate a traffic stop of John Bomar, who police said was driving "recklessly and endangering other motorists." State police said Bomar exited the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 at Forrest City and turned north onto Arkansas Highway 1, increasing his speed to more than 100 miles per hour. The release said a legal intervention was performed by the state trooper near the St. Francis and Cross County line, causing Bomar's vehicle to exit the highway into a farm field. State troopers, along with other law enforcement officers, administered life-saving measures to Bomar, who was later pronounced dead at a Wynne hospital, police said. An investigation of the incident has been submitted to a prosecuting attorney in the jurisdiction to decide whether the use of deadly force was consistent with Arkansas laws.

ASP ARKANSAS ARKANSAS STATE TROOPER STATE TROOPER CHASE PURSUIT PIT