Mercedes driver speeds away from troopers, leaves car, jumps onto the Beltline

ATLANTA — Georgia State Patrol is looking into the aftermath of a chase that left a Mercedes driver injured after the driver tried to run from troopers.

At around noon, troopers tried to stop a white Mercedes for traffic violations on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway near Griffin Street. At first, the driver pulled into a nearby BP Gas Station but then sped away as soon as troopers approached the car.

While chasing after the driver, troopers performed a PIT maneuver on the Mercedes, but then the driver got out of their car and began running away from troopers.

GSP said the driver then jumped over a wall, falling onto the nearby Westside Beltline path.

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“Lucky he didn’t kill himself,” a witness told Channel 2′s Audrey Washington. “They were at this white car right here. I just saw a lot of police cars coming down the street, " the witness added.

Paramedics rushed the driver to Grady Memorial Hospital while Atlanta police took the other person in the car into custody.

“That’s a deep fall right there,” the witness said.

An update on the driver’s condition is expected later on Thursday.

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