AP - It has all the makings of a country song: an escaped prisoner, his terminally ill mother, a Wal-Mart truck, NASCAR and a Nashville singer's tour bus.
Since Christopher Daniel Gay, 32, escaped from a prisoner transport van Sunday, police say he has evaded a five-state manhunt by stealing a pickup, a big rig and the bus that belongs to singer Crystal Gayle. No one has been reported injured during his time on the lam, and the search for him continued Friday.
Initially, police say, his motive for fleeing was simple.
''I take it he was just trying to see his mom,'' said Michael Douglas, the police chief in Pleasant View, Tenn., near the home where Gay's mother is dying of cancer.
The most recent sighting of Gay -- described as white, 5-foot-7 and 145 pounds with tattoos on both arms -- was in Florida.
A man believed to be Gay arrived Thursday night at USA International Speedway in Lakeland, Fla., telling the manager there he was with Joe Gibbs Racing, a team which boasts NASCAR racer Tony Stewart among its drivers.
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