A spokesman says more than 30 teenagers escaped from a Nashville youth detention center overnight and as of sunrise Tuesday, more than 17 are still being sought.
Tennessee Department of Children's Services spokesman Rob Johnson says 32 teens, ranging in ages from 14 to 19, escaped around 11:00 Monday night by crawling under a weak spot in a fence that surrounded a yard there.
Johnson says two teens were recaptured immediately and others were found overnight. Local police and the Tennessee Highway Patrol are taking part in the search for the teens who are still at large.
Johnson says the teens being kept at the detention center have committed at least three felonies. He said he didn't know if the escape was planned or spontaneous.