POSEY CO. – On Saturday, March 9, at approximately 7:05 p.m., Indiana State Police Trooper D. Backes was operating stationary radar on I-64 near the 9 mile marker when he clocked a 2015 Infiniti traveling east at 95 mph.
Trooper Backes attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver accelerated and continued east at a high rate of speed. Moments after the initial radar clock, Trooper Vennekotter utilized his radar unit and clocked the vehicle at 130 mph.
The vehicle exited I-64 at the Poseyville exit, drove left of center on SR 165 at the exit ramp, and struck a 1997 Ford F250 pickup truck traveling north. The pickup truck driver had to be extricated by the Poseyville Volunteer Fire Department.
The pickup truck driver was identified as a 52-year-old male from Owensville. He was transported to Deaconess Midtown Hospital. The driver of the 2015 Infiniti was identified as Amir Tuzlakovic, 21, of St. Louis, MO. Tuzlakovic was arrested and taken to the Posey County Jail on charges of resisting law enforcement with a vehicle causing serious bodily injury, a Level 5 felony, criminal recklessness with a vehicle, a Level 6 felony and reckless driving causing injury, a Class A misdemeanor.
