Suspected Georgia carjacker dies after crash

CANTON, Ga. - Sheriff's officials in northwest Georgia say a man accused in a carjacking has crashed the stolen vehicle and died.

Cherokee County Sheriff's Lt. Jay Baker says a group of men carjacked the driver of a white Dodge and the driver crashed the car about a mile away from the scene.

The driver of the car was pronounced dead on the scene. The man's identity has not been released. Police say they believe a second carjacker fled the scene on foot and a third was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital for head injuries.

Additional information wasn't immediately available.

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