AN ELIZABETHTON MAN ACCUSED OF CRASHING HIS VEHICLE INTO A CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S CRUISER LAST WEEK IS NOW BEHIND BARS. JACOB WARD IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT AND SECOND OFFENSE DUI. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE DETENTION CENTER ON SATURDAY. POLICE SAID WARD WAS DRIVING HIS SUV THE WRONG WAY ON HIGHWAY 67 LAST MONDAY. DEPUTY MATT LUNCEFORD USED HIS CRUISER TO TRY AND STOP WARD FROM GETTING INTO HEAVY MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN JOHNSON CITY. THAT’S WHEN WARD’S VEHICLE STRUCK THE CRUISER HEADON. WARD’S BOND IS SET AT 53-THOUSAND DOLLARS.