Two people were killed after a four-car accident on a state road in northern Georgia on Sunday afternoon.
The incident could be related to an earlier incident involving a speeding car that eluded police, Georgia State Police said.
At approximately 2:20 p.m., 20 minutes before the fatal crash, a trooper reported a vehicle headed northbound on state highway 17 traveling at 105 mph. The trooper tried to stop the sedan, police said, but the suspect fled from Stephens County into Habersham County on state highway 365 south, where the trooper lost sight of the automobile.
At approximately 2:40 p.m., police reported that a Honda Accord was traveling southbound on that roadway when it struck the rear of a Toyota Tacoma. The Tacoma, state police reported, then spun out and hit the median before overturning multiple times.
The driver of the Tacoma was wearing his seatbelt but did not survive the impact. An unidentified passenger in Tacoma, who reportedly was not using a seatbelt, was taken out from the vehicle and was also fatally injured, police said.
The driver’s identity has not been revealed.
After hitting the Tacoma, the Honda Accord struck a third car, a Toyota Tundra, causing small damage, officials reported. In addition, a fourth car, a Honda CRV, was traveling northbound on SR 365 in the left lane and was hit by a tire and wheel that was thrown from the Toyota Tacoma while it was overturning.
There were no other injuries.
