ATLANTA -- Georgia State Patrol troopers are thankful the end of a high-speed chase and crash ended with no fatalities after the high-end cars they were chasing caused multiple accidents early Saturday.
According to GSP, two Corvettes were seen speeding and "traveling recklessly" near East Wesley Road just before 3 a.m.
According to Sgt. First Class John Cronin, troopers began following the sports cars and attempted to stop the drivers, but instead, they sped off to try to flee authorities.
Troopers chased both the cars, but at some point, lost sight of one of the Corvettes.
They continued following the driver of the other silver Corvette, who struck a center median, causing significant damage to the car's left front wheel and undercarriage.
It wasn't enough to make the driver give up, though, and he kept driving on three wheels at least a half a mile before hitting a Hyundai trying to turn at Piedmont Road and Lindbergh Way.
But troopers said even that didn't stop him. Authorities told an 11Alive News crew the driver continued for another block before hitting a Chevrolet Malibu from behind, causing the Chevy to sideswipe another car. The driver then hit the rear of another car, a Mercedes, before finally coming to a stop. The damage totaled the high-end car.
"He had every intention of getting away from us in any manor he had available to him," Cronin said.
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One witness was working her shift as a security guard at the time, and said she had no idea what was going on.
"I was sitting in my vehicle and I heard a commotion and when I looked up, I saw a car that's driving on three wheels, and there are sparks flying everywhere," she told 11Alive. "It went from very quiet to very loud."
Authorities told 11Alive they later found the other Corvette abandoned on the right shoulder of the Buford Connector near I-85, but could not find that driver.
Troopers took the driver of the silver Corvette into custody and charged him with multiple pursuit-related felony charges like Fleeing or Attempting to Allude, Reckless Driving and Driving Under the Influence.
Miraculously, no one was seriously hurt. Officials said some of the other drivers suffered minor injuries, but all declined to be transported to the hospital. Cronin is calling the lack of fatalities lucky.
"It's a high-performance vehicle, and he was driving it without any regard for anyone around," Cronin said. "We're just lucky that no one died tonight as a result of his actions."
