A man fleeing sheriffâs deputies crashed three counties away, resulting in several injuries and shutting down a highway for hours.
State troopers said a 28-year-old South Carolina man ran from Greene County sheriffâs deputies. The chase went through Morgan and Walton counties into Newton County, where the pursued vehicle hit another car head-on Tuesday afternoon.
Cpl. Cal Barton of the Georgia State Patrol said 28-year-old Dontrail McDaniel was driving west on Interstate 20 and took the Stanton Springs Parkway exit near Social Circle.
McDaniel then allegedly reentered I-20 the wrong way in his 2020 Chevrolet Impala, traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes.
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