This image provided from GDOT shows a deadly crash at the end of a pursuit along I-75 in Fulton County on Oct. 8, 2022. (Georgia Department of Transportation)
ATLANTA - A man was killed while trying to flee from Georgia State Patrol troopers along Interstate 75 on Saturday evening.
GSP troopers said 35-year-old Lamar Stegall, of Atlanta, was driving a Ford Fusion northbound on I-75 near Interstate 285 in Clayton County. Just before 7 p.m., troopers said they noticed he was speeding and failing to use a turn signal.
Troopers said they tried to pull him over, but instead, Stegall took off.
A pursuit followed into Fulton County.
Troopers said Stegall tried to exit onto Arthur B. Langford Jr. Parkway. While on the exit ramp, trooper said he left the roadway, struck an embankment and overturned onto the roadway.
Stegall died from his injures, troopers said.
Investigators said there was no contact between troopers and the car.