Asia Burns

1 week ago | ajc.com | Asia Burns |David Aaro

A 19-year-old bystander was killed when the car he was driving crossed paths with a Georgia State Patrol pursuit that tore through a busy Atlanta intersection Monday evening. Now, lawmakers and advocates are demanding changes to the state policy that allowed the chase to happen.

1 month ago | ajc.com | Asia Burns |Justin Price

A teenager and a 3-month-old die after their car is hit by a fleeing driver in Midtown. A South Georgia woman is crushed to death in her front yard by a fleeing car that a Georgia state trooper forced off the road. A 12-year-old boy is killed in Paulding County after a trooper intentionally rammed the rear side of the car in which he was a passenger, causing it to flip. These are some of the tragedies that resulted from Georgia State Patrol pursuits.

1 month ago | ajc.com | Asia Burns |Justin Price

Shackelford, who was 58 at the time, was taken to a trauma center in Macon, where doctors determined he had suffered a fractured sternum, four broken ribs and a bruised lung. His foot was broken in several places. He remained in the hospital for eight days, and upon returning home, slept in a hospital bed for weeks. He still vividly recallscertain details from the crash, such as coughing from the air bag smoke that filled his truck’s cabin. “I guess things you don’t never forget,” he said.

Aug 1, 2024 | ajc.com | Asia Burns |Justin Price

The Georgia State Patrol engages in many dangerous pursuits on Georgia’s roadwaysA GSP trooper is involved in a pursuit almost every day of the year. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution identified and analyzed 6,700 pursuits over five years. Our analysis found that 3,400 pursuits resulted in crashes that, collectively, left at least 1,900 people injured and 63 people dead. Many chases occurred on heavily traveled interstates or roadways in metro Atlanta.

Aug 1, 2024 | ajc.com | Asia Burns |Justin Price

“Next thing you know, bam!” Cain told the AJC, recalling that night in September 2020. The BMW struck their car with such force that Cain’s boyfriend and his niece were ejected. Debris sits on 10th Street NW near the Georgia Tech McCamish Pavilion several hours after the fatal crash that involved a speeding driver fleeing from a Georgia state trooper on Sept. 30, 2020. (John Spink/AJC 2020 photo)After the crash, Cain saw her teenage sister and the 3-month-old motionless in the back seat.