text: THPD: Man in custody following dangerous downtown pursuit
  Elmerick/Prior book-in photo,Vigo Co. Jail
  .By Lucy Perry
  David Elmerick., 33, of Terre Haute, is facing multiple charges following a dangerous confrontation and subsequent pursuit with city police late last night, after which he allegedly told officers "he wanted them to kill him."
  Elmerick was transported to a local hospital for evaluation just before midnight. He was expected to be booked into to the Vigo County Jail upon his release, where he will face charges including: operating a vehicle while intoxicated, criminal recklessness, reckless driving and two counts of resisting law enforcement.
  According to Assistant Chief Shawn Keen, ​of the Terre Haute Police Department, at one point during the pursuit of the suspect, Elmerick was traveling downtown at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the silver Chevy Silverado pick-up truck.
  "It became airborne as it passed over the railroad tracks near 10th ½ Street and Poplar," Keen said.
  Elmerick was taken into custody after then fleeing on foot in the area of South Ninth and Ohio Streets.
  ​"After a short foot pursuit, the suspect was taken into custody on the parking lot of Square Donuts located at 935 Wabash Avenue," Keen said, adding that the Elmerick reportedly told officers that he wanted them to chase him because he wanted them to kill him.
  The chase began when a THPD officer observed the truck disregard the stop light at South 13th and Ohio Streets just after 11 p.m.
  "The officer indicated that he had been stopped for the red light facing south when the truck approached at a high rate of speed and went around his marked police car to run the red light," Keen said.
  Investigation revealed that the truck matched the description of report of a reckless driver in the area of Sixth and Poplar Streets around the same time.