A Clayton County police officer was responding to a call when he lost control of his patrol car and flipped on Flat Shoals Road and Yellowood Court.

Police said the accident happened at about 10 p.m. Tuesday in Clayton County.

The officer was briefly trapped but was not seriously injured. He could return to work as early as Wednesday.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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