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July 21, 2012

Driver faces multiple charges

From Staff Reports

— A Tunnel Hill woman who law enforcement officers said was part of a chase and wreck on Dawnville Road near Macedonia Baptist Church on Thursday involving a reported stolen truck faces multiple charges.

Jessica Victoria Underwood, 23, of 104 Bloomingdale Way, was denied bond during a first appearance on Friday and her charges were forwarded to Superior Court. She was charged by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with felony probation violation, felony theft by receiving a stolen vehicle, DUI-drugs, fleeing or attempting to elude police officers (misdemeanor and felony), two counts of failure to stop at a stop sign, willful obstruction of law officers, two counts of reckless driving, speeding, driving on the wrong side of the road, improper lane change and a safety belt violation.

Georgia State Patrol Cpl. David Phillips said a sheriff’s deputy spotted a Toyota Tacoma that matched the description of the stolen vehicle but lost sight of the truck. Units from the state patrol and the sheriff’s office responded, and a state trooper spotted the truck and gave chase. The trooper tried a PIT (pursuit intervention technique) maneuver, but Phillips said Underwood drove back onto the road, with the truck striking another vehicle.

The driver of that vehicle, Lester Keeler, said deputies had stopped traffic on Dawnville Road just north of Mitchell Bridge Road and appeared to be trying to force the Tacoma to go south as the car turned onto Dawnville. But he said the driver went around the patrol car and headed north on Dawnville.

Phillips said Underwood was taken to the hospital after telling officers she was pregnant. An official with the sheriff’s office said on Friday he could not say whether she was pregnant or talk about her physical condition, citing federal privacy rules concerning health information.

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