RINGGOLD, Ga. (AP) – A man died Sunday in northwest Georgia after a state trooper chasing him rammed his vehicle.
The Georgia State Patrol says 24-year-old Jeffrey Thomas died on Interstate 75 in Ringgold after 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
Sheriff’s deputies in Whitfield County to the south had been chasing Thomas and asked troopers to join the pursuit as Thomas sped north on I-75 in a silver BMW.
A trooper attempted what is sometimes called a pursuit intervention technique maneuver, which involves using a police vehicle to try to force another vehicle to a stop.
The state patrol says the BMW ran off the road, hit a guardrail and flipped over, throwing Thomas from the vehicle and killing him.