Hazard teen arrested after 101 mph DUI stop near Prestonsburg
A Hazard driver hit 101 mph in a 45 zone near Prestonsburg, then tested at .166 BAC, and two other Perry County teens were jailed on alcohol charges.
A Hazard man was jailed in Floyd County after Prestonsburg Police stopped a 2016 Ford F-150 that reached 101 mph in a 45-mph zone near Middle Creek National Battlefield on KY-114 and turned into a case with alcohol, fake-identification and wanton endangerment charges tied to Perry County teens. The driver, 19-year-old James Landon Sullivan, was lodged in the Floyd County Detention Center after the March 14 stop near Prestonsburg.
Police first spotted the truck parked near Middle Creek National Battlefield, where an officer saw it moving at a high rate of speed and struggling to stay in its lane. The vehicle was later found near the Mountain Arts Center, where it was clocked at 101 mph before the driver pulled behind a nearby business and shut off the headlights.
Sullivan admitted he had been drinking, showed signs of intoxication during field sobriety testing and later registered a preliminary blood alcohol concentration of .166. That reading was more than twice Kentucky’s 0.08 legal limit for most drivers and far above the 0.02 limit that applies to drivers under 21.
The charges against Sullivan included DUI, three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, third-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, and alcohol-related offenses tied to being between 18 and 20 years old and using or attempting to use false identification to obtain alcohol. In Kentucky, a person under 21 may not use false, fraudulent or altered identification to buy or otherwise obtain alcohol, and first-degree wanton endangerment is defined as conduct that creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury under circumstances showing extreme indifference to human life. First-degree wanton endangerment is a Class D felony.
Two other Perry County teens were also arrested in the same stop. Nineteen-year-old Arianna Faith Daniels of Hazard was lodged on alcohol intoxication and unlawfully possessing alcohol as a person between 18 and 20, while another occupant identified as Richie was also lodged on alcohol and fake-ID related charges.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet figures put drunken driving at about 17% of highway fatalities in the state.
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