Bastrop boy jailed after running from deputy to a blocked train crossing

A 17-year-old Bastrop boy was taken by police to St. Mark’s Medical Center before they hauled him to jail on evasion charges after he led officers on a high speed chase from roughly the Lavaca County line to Flatonia, where he rear-ended another waiting for a train to pass. The boy was booked into the Dan R. Beck Justice Center without incident, Fayette County Sheriff’s Lt. David Beyer reported…

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