Deputies arrested a 34-year-old man for dangerous driving after he recklessly drove through Clayton in a vehicle with an “oversize load” banner on it, officials said.
A news release from the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) said the incident began at around 2:45 p.m. on Friday, May 17. Dispatchers received three 911 calls about a grey vehicle with a banner on the back traveling southbound on GA 15/US 441.
According to investigators, one caller said the car was speeding and running other cars off the road.
As the car traveled into Clayton, police officers said they observed it speeding, following other vehicles too closely, and driving without headlights in the rain. After a brief chase, two deputies forced the suspect vehicle into the median near Rabun County High School south of Clayton.
The chase ended within feet of where two vehicles wrecked in the school zone earlier in the day.
Deputies arrested Ricardo Burgos-Moreno on suspicion of DUI. The Conley, Georgia, man faces other charges from the sheriff’s office and Clayton PD. He was booked at the Rabun County Detention Center, and the 2014 Nissan Sentra he was driving was towed from the scene.
“We simply can’t tolerate any level of dangerous driving, especially in this situation where it was raining and the vehicle was approaching a school zone,” said RCSO Investigator and spokesperson Kevin Angell. “In partnership with the City of Clayton, we were able to get this vehicle stopped before there was a tragedy.”
