KENTUCKY DEPUTY KILLED IN CHASE

A sheriff's deputy in southeastern Kentucky has been killed when a teenage driver's car rammed the officer's parked cruiser. State Police say Bell County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Pursifull, 31, died early Thursday. The teens have been charged with murder in Pursifull's death.

Authorities say the teen and another youth in a black 2002 Mazda drove away from an Exxon gas station in Baxter without paying and police followed them down U.S. 119 into Bell County. State police said the car was speeding in a 55 mile-per-hour zone and two state troopers attempted to stop the vehicle during a pursuit.

Pursifull was stationed on the northbound side of U.S. 119 in his vehicle when the teen's car veered over the center line and rammed into Pursifull's vehicle on the right side. Pursifull and his K-9 dog "King" were killed in the collision, state police said in a statement.

The 17-year-old driver, from Delaware and a 16-year-old passenger from Pennsylvania were only slightly injured. Both were released from a hospital and jailed in the Adair County Juvenile Detention Center on charges of murder and assault on a service animal.