A routine traffic stop early Thursday morning resulted in a crash after a 15-year-old driver allegedly attempted to evade law enforcement.
According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy initiated a traffic stop around 5:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 20, for a traffic violation.
In an attempt to flee, police say the driver turned off all lights on the vehicle and stopped in the middle of the roadway. With the vehicle completely blacked out, the pursuing deputy was unable to see and collided with the car.
The Georgia State Patrol was called in to investigate the crash.
Authorities later determined the driver was a juvenile who had allegedly fled from the Royston Police Department earlier that same day.
No injuries were reported in the incident. The circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation.
