A teen runaway was arrested after she rammed a Mercedes into a state trooper’s car, the Georgia State Patrol said.
The incident happened just before 3 a.m. Friday on I-75 North in northwest Atlanta, according to a GSP statement.
The trooper tried to stop the Mercedes on the Downtown Connector just before the Brookwood Split for failure to maintain lane and driving without headlights, the GSP said.
The driver sped away, then pretended to yield to a trooper near Northside Drive, according to the GSP.
She, instead, took off again as the trooper approached her car, the GSP said.
The girl pulled behind a church and continued into a nearby parking lot with no exit.
When the trooper tried to use his car to block the Mercedes, the teen rammed into the right side of the trooper’s vehicle, “pushing it out of the way,” the GSP said.
The teen then tried to drive toward Howell Mill Road, but the trooper was able to stop her using a PIT maneuver, which is a controlled crash to force a car to a stop, according to the GSP.
Two to three passengers in the car got away.
“After further investigation,” the GSP said, “ it was found that the female was a 16-year-old runaway (who) was entered on GCIC (Georgia Crime Information Center) as a missing juvenile by Hapeville police.”
The teen, who faces felony and traffic charges related to the pursuit, was also charged with driving under the influence.
She was left in the custody of Fulton County Juvenile Intake officers after being cleared at Atlanta Medical Center.
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