SANDY SPRINGS, GA : Man on the run after high-speed chase crash in Sandy Springs on Thursday, 19th January 2024

A man is on the run after a high-speed chase ended with a crash in Sandy Springs on Thursday morning.

Officials tell FOX 5 that the chase began at around 2:30 a.m. in Cobb County when a DUI Task Force officer noticed a vehicle driving with its lights off on Windy Hill Road near Interstate 75.

When the officer attempted to pull the driver over, officials say he drove onto the interstate and began to speed away.

Georgia State Patrol troopers and Sandy Springs police officers caught up with the driver before he crashed into a pole on Mount Vernon Highway near Northside Drive.

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