Man drowns in river after fleeing police

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A Georgia State Patrol vehicle was struck by a vehicle that first struck an embankment following a maneuver by GSP to stop a suspect after he fled from a traffic stop on Ga. 15 near Lofty Branch Rd. in Rabun County Monday morning. The suspect was pursued by GSP before crashing his vehicle and fleeing the scene on foot.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Georgia State Patrol and the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office were responding agencies to a scene near the Tallulah River Monday where a suspect fled on foot following a traffic stop by GSP earlier that morning. Trooper Vance Henry, Jr. Georgia State Patrol Post 7 Toccoa, left, Marty Talley, Rabun County Sheriff’s Office Chief Investigator, and Corporal John Getty, Georgia State Patrol Post 7 Toccoa, discuss details of the incident at the scene.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Corporal Clinton Scott with the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office and Officer Brant Benoit with the Georgia Department of Corrections Office of Professional Standards K-9 Unit, along with his K-9 partner Scarlett search for a suspect near the Tallulah River who fled on foot following a traffic stop by GSP on Monday morning.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Rabun County Sheriff’s Office, Tallulah Falls Police Department, Rabun County EMA, Georgia Department of Corrections K-9 Unit, Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Rabun County EMS, Rabun County Coroner and the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office responded to a scene near the Tallulah River Monday where a suspect fled on foot following a traffic stop by GSP earlier that morning.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County EMA was a responding agency to a scene near the Tallulah River Monday where a suspect fled on foot following a traffic stop by GSP earlier that morning.