A Georgia State Patrol trooper injured in a crash early Saturday with a wrong-way driver in Bartow County was involved in another wreck en route to the hospital.
Just after 5 a.m., Trooper First Class Jonathon Mason spotted a pickup truck driving on the wrong side of the road on Davis Drive and attempted a traffic stop, authorities in an emailed statement.
The truck kept going and a chase began. Both vehicles crashed on Old Alabama Road at Sewell Road, injuring the Mason, the State Patrol said.
Three men got of the truck. Despite minor injuries, Mason managed to capture one of the three men, authorities said. The detained man’s name was not released Saturday.
On the way to the hospital, the ambulance carrying Mason overturned, officials said.
“The driver lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a curve, ran off the roadway, and the vehicle overturned,” the State Patrol said in the statement. “Initial indication is that speed was not a factor.”
Mason was not seriously injured in the single-vehicle crash and has been released from the hospital, authorities said.
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