Last Saturday, July 20th, a Chattooga County, Georgia Deputy and several  Trion Police Officers were conducting a Safety Check on Old Highway 27, when a silver Altima approached and acted like it was slowing down for the stop but immediately sped up and turned on Thomas Drive.   An officer on the scene yelled at the vehicle to stop when another Deputy initiated his lights to pursue the vehicle.  

As the Deputy was directly behind the car, he called out the license plate numbers for identification learning that the vehicle belonged to 35-year-old Dustin Clark.

The passenger of that vehicle at that time put their arms out the window to show what appeared to be a “giving up” gesture.   The Deputy continued pursuing the driver – reaching speeds of 75 to 115 mph.   The Deputy sped past the Altima in order to place his vehicle just in front of Clark’s – and they slowed to 35mph – however Clark maneuvered past the deputy and struck the patrol car in the process.  They both continued north near the Dollar General store where the Altima turned in and went airborne into the parking lot.  When Clark was exiting the parking lot, he barely missed another vehicle in the process – Clark proceeded driving towards the Texaco Gas Station in Trion where he entered the parking lot, and he then continued driving towards Lafayette.

When they were near Corinth Road – Walker County Deputies asked the Chattooga County Deputy, who was in pursuit of Clark, to back off so they could attempt to put road spikes at the intersection of Highways 151 and 136.  Upon arriving at the intersection – responding Officers saw Clark swerve towards a Walker County Deputy hit the road spikes – and lose control of his vehicle wrecking it into the ditch.

The Deputy then told Clark to get on the ground, and at that point he was placed under arrest.

(AM1180 Chattooga County Radio)