Suspect arrested after overturned crash on Veterans Pkwy. in Columbus
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Three people are in the hospital, including a wanted man, after an attempted traffic stop led to overturned vehicle crash in Columbus Thursday afternoon.
Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman said the MCSO Special Operations Unit attempted to make a traffic stop on a wanted man with multiple warrants to include Felony Escape and a number of other felonies when the crash occurred, leaving one vehicle overturned.
Three people, including the wanted man, were taken to a nearby hospital in unknown condition.
“The suspect will be released from the hospital and charged and transported to the MCSO Jail,” according to Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman. Countryman also confirmed it was not a chase.
The accident investigation is underway by Georgia State Patrol.
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