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.