Suspect Driving Crystal Gayle's Bus Caught

Police in Florida captured the prison escapee who stole country singer Crystal Gayle's tour bus and led authorities on a five-state manhunt.

Daytona Beach, Fla., police charged Christopher Daniel Gay with grand theft auto. Authorities said Gay, after being pulled over driving Gayle's tour bus in Daytona Beach, exited the cab, approached police and asked for directions to Daytona International Speedway, the Daytona Beach (Fla.) Journal said.

Fugitive caught after 1,000-mile drive in music star's tour bus

AN AMERICAN convict who escaped from a prison van to pay a final visit to his dying mother ended up driving himself on a 1,000-mile odyssey through Dixieland in a tour bus stolen from the country music star Crystal Gayle.

In a plot reminiscent of the 1977 fugitive movie Smokey and the Bandit, Christopher Gay also took an 18-wheel articulated lorry to evade capture during a five-state manhunt, and was finally arrested indulging his passion for motor racing at Florida's famed Daytona speedway.

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