A Bedford County inmate being transported by a Sumner County corrections officer escaped custody in the corrections officer's vehicle early Saturday morning.

21-year-old Dreon Key managed to take control of the officer's car and flee.

Officers from Rutherford County Sheriff's Department pursued the stolen car on I-24 toward Nashville but discontinued their chase at the Davidson County line.

The stolen vehicle is a white 2011 Chevrolet Impala labeled as a Sumner County deputy's car.

The man was being transferred to Bedford County to face multiple charges from a previous case and will now be charged with escape and theft of a vehicle in Sumner County.

As of late Sunday afternoon, police were still searching for Key.