ATLANTA — Authorities are investigating a crash that injured a Georgia State Patrol officer Tuesday morning.
According to officials, the trooper was involved in a chase with a motorcycle on Interstate 20 W and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in northwest Atlanta around 6:05 a.m. The chase continued north on I-285 where both vehicles went onto the Bolton Road exit.
Both the motorcycle and the patrol car crashed separately on the exit.
Authorities said the patrol car caught fire and the trooper suffered a head and arm injury. He was taken to a hospital in Atlanta for treatment but was later released.
Trooper not seriously hurt after chase and crash...wrecker crews now pulling car up from deep ravine on Bolton Rd. pic.twitter.com/0jgoqiHBTc
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) September 1, 2020
The motorcycle driver ran off after the crash and authorities are still searching for him.
The trooper’s charred car was eventually pulled up and out of the woods.
Getting ready to tow away motorcycle crashed on Bolton Road. Trooper also crashed into woods and started fire pic.twitter.com/4NEoWmWpSr
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) September 1, 2020
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