Stolen car crashes onto retaining wall near Downtown Connector, police say

ATLANTA — Police told Channel 2 Action News an SUV was going more than 100 mph before it crashed and dangled over I-20 in downtown Atlanta.

One of the suspects still hasn't been caught. A woman who was in the car, however, tried to escape on foot, northbound on the interstate, but she did not get away.

"I don't know how anyone could walk away from something like that," Julie Reinhardt said after learning about the incident.

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One witness, who did not want to be identified, said the suspects in the stolen SUV zipped past her before crashing through a fence on Capitol Avenue, leaving the SUV hanging over an I-75/I-85 on-ramp.

"First, they were in the middle lane. Then, they went into the HOV (high occupancy vehicle), and that's when all the cops went behind him," the witness told Channel 2 Action News.

Atlanta police said officers in an unmarked vehicle spotted the suspects stealing a car near Lee Street and White Oak Avenue.

They said Georgia State Patrol troopers jumped in and gave chase, and at one point, police said, the suspects were traveling over 100 mph.

"It was crazy. I was scared," the witness said.

"I don't know how in Atlanta you could ever get up to (that) speed. There are just way too many cars," Reinhardt said.

The driver lost control, putting even more lives at risk.

"The car jumped a curb, went through a fence and went down an embankment about 20-30 feet," Cortez Stafford, with Atlanta Fire Department, said.

According to preliminary information, the Atlanta Police Department said there were as many as four people in the car at one point.

"The person who was driving is a guy. He jumped out (of) the car and took off on foot on the expressway. They still didn't catch him," said the witness.

Police confirmed that no one was seriously injured in the incident.

"Very fortunate that we have minor injuries right here," Stafford said.

Watch video from the scene below:

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