An accused carjacker was injured when police said he led them on a high-speed chase in a stolen Volkswagen and crashed the vehicle into a guard rail and concrete wall Tuesday night in DeKalb County.
The driver lost control of the vehicle on Flat Shoals Parkway while trying to make a right turn onto Snapfinger Road, according to a DeKalb incident report released Wednesday.
The vehicle caught fire, and the car’s passenger got out of the vehicle and ran from police.
Both the driver, Tony McKinstry, and passenger, Timothy Fannin, were ultimately arrested but not before they sped through multiple intersections, changing lanes and even driving on the wrong side of the road at one point, police said.
The vehicle, a white Volkswagen, had been stolen in an Atlanta carjacking involving two men.
Police, patrolling in an unincorporated area of DeKalb just before 10:30 p.m., saw it traveling south on Candler Road pass McAfee Road.
Officers were able to surround the vehicle on three sides when it came to a red light at Toney Drive.
One of the officers blocked the front of the Volkswagen with a police vehicle, and an officer in one of the other cars surrounding the Volkswagen got out of the car.
That’s when McKinstry accelerated, hitting the car in front of him, police said.
The Volkswagen sped south on Candler Road then on Flat Shoals Road and onto Flat Shoals Parkway before it crashed, police said.
The driver crawled out of the Volkswagen and resisted arrest, according to the report.
“As the last suspect wearing a green jacket with a hoodie got out of the vehicle, he took one step forward and fell face forward hitting the ground,” Officer Timothy Harden said in the incident report. “Attempting to place the suspect in custody, he continued to resist and not listen to verbal commands.”
Harden and another officer were eventually able to arrest McKinstry, 24, and he was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Fannin, 17, ran north on Snapfinger, leading police on a foot chase before he was ultimately arrested without incident, according to the report.
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