A Georgia State Patrol trooper and a driver caught doing doughnuts in an Atlanta mall parking lot went head-to-head in their cars Sunday evening.
Several vehicles were doing doughnuts and burnouts in the Mall West End parking lot when a trooper pulled up to one of the vehicles around 8:15 p.m., Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Franka Young told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday.
A public video shows the trooper attempting to trap the car while the driver steps on the gas and tries to flee.
“Don’t move! Turn the car off!” the trooper yells at the driver with his gun drawn.
As the driver accelerated, the trooper got back inside his car and pushed the driver into a bush, the video shows. The driver then exited the car, ran across the parking lot, jumped over a barricade and fled, according to the video.
The driver, whose name was not released, was identified and warrants for his arrest have been filed, Young confirmed. He is the only person being charged in the incident, she said.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reached out to the mall for a statement.
— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.
About the Author
