Police chase ends at Key Largo gas station following pursuit of stolen pickup truck

KEY LARGO, Fla. – A police pursuit stretched from Miami-Dade County into the upper Florida Keys on Monday afternoon, and much of it was all caught on camera.

The man leading the chase, identified aa 32-year-old Kyle Harvey Carter, was arrested in Key Largo.

Local 10 News traffic cameras picked up the chase as it came into Key Largo around 4 p.m.

Mugshot for 32-year-old Kyle Harvey Carter (Monroe County Sheriff's Office)

Authorities could be seen following a white pickup truck on US1 while troopers ahead waited to intercept it.

The pickup had been reported stolen, Local 10 News has learned. The person driving it got off US1 before it reached the troopers, but the driver would not get away.

Near Mile Marker 102 troopers said they spiked the truck’s tires, and it eventually came to a stop at a Tom Thumb gas station.

There have been no reports of accidents as a result of the chase.

Carter is facing charges of grand theft auto and fleeing and eluding.


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Janine Stanwood joined Local 10 News in February 2004 as an assignment editor. She is now a general assignment reporter. Before moving to South Florida from her Washington home, Janine was the senior legislative correspondent for a United States senator on Capitol Hill.