One person arrested after video shows GSP chase driver who did donuts in busy Atlanta road

ATLANTA — A person is in custody after doing donuts in the middle of Northside Drive in Atlanta and hitting multiple people.

The whole incident was caught on camera. The social media video sent to Channel 2 Action News shows a black pick-up truck doing donuts in the middle of Northside Drive and 17th Street Sunday evening.

Channel 2′s Michael Doudna talked with witnesses who were there when this all happened.

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People could only watch Sunday as a truck slammed into several individuals and injured one.

“It was scary at first when I heard all the commotion outside,” Sheniqua Hoover told Channel 2 Action News.

Hoover lives nearby and recorded as people fled the chaos.

But the scene on Northside Dr. was not the only one Sunday.

Lilburn police caught another street racer that closed down an intersection.

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“For the last couple of years, it’s been a really popular thing for whatever reason,” Captain Michael Burns with the Georgia State Patrol said.

He said law enforcement works together to try and catch street racing plans as the criminals try different planning strategies to try and avoid detection.

On Sunday the Georgia State Patrol office was tipped off by Atlanta Police, which is why a trooper was ready when the truck came by.

The governor’s office, in a statement, said:

“The incredible takedown is just the latest example of how our hardworking troopers are taking the fight to criminals.”

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