WQCH Radio in LaFayette reports the Georgia State Patrol and several local law officers participated in the chase of a reckless driver which started in the morning traffic near Roper in LaFayette, Tuesday.

During the high speed chase, 19 year old Nathaniel Blake Smith was running other drivers off the road on city and county streets. A Trooper crashed his cruiser on Dripping Springs Road during the chase.

It ended with a wreck at Highways 27 and 136 near Walmart in LaFayette, as Smith got out of the disabled truck and ran.

Among felony charges according to Walker Jail records, are fleeing and obstruction of officers. He also had outstanding warrants for probation violations.

The final report from the State Patrol has not been released.

WQCH