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Updated: 12:32 p.m. Friday, July 27, 2012 | Posted: 8:41 a.m. Friday, July 27, 2012

Man leads police on chase with pregnant wife, two small children in car

By Mike Morris

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Several people were injured overnight when a man led police on a two-county chase with a pregnant woman and two small children in the back seat of his car.

Channel 2 Action News reported the chase by Austell police ended in a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Thornton and Maxham roads in neighboring Douglas County.

According to the station, police were pursuing a car driven by 30-year-old Jeremiah Mathis.

Georgia State Patrol Trooper James Pyland told Channel 2 that Mathis' pregnant wife and two children were in the car with him when the vehicle struck a Chevrolet Avalanche, causing the Avalanche to overturn.

Four people were taken to local hospitals for treatment of injuries that were not believed to be life threatening.

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