Update on April 28 @ 8 p.m.
Hall County authorities are charging a Norcross teen with several traffic offenses after a Sunday night car chase that ended in a crash on Green Street in Gainesville.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said Sebastian Almonte, 18, was taken to the Hall County Jail on Monday.
Almonte was taken to a local hospital after the wreck.
Deputies reportedly received a law enforcement be on the lookout for a 2013 Chevrolet Camaro SS that fled from Suwanee Police officers earlier in the day.
A deputy spotted the vehicle heading north toward Green Street at around 6:15 p.m.
The deputy initiated a traffic stop using lights and sirens at the Riverside Drive/Green Street split due to the suspect’s reckless behavior. The suspect fled northbound, turned left onto Burnam Wood Drive, and, after turning around in a cul-de-sac, struck the deputy’s push bar while fleeing.
The pursuit continued north on Thompson Bridge Road, but the deputy lost visual contact in north Hall County and subsequently deactivated his emergency equipment.
Other deputies in the area spotted the vehicle and followed the car south on Thompson Bridge Road to Dunlap Landing Road, where the Georgia State Patrol began a pursuit.
Update on April 28, 2025 @ 10:45 a.m.
The Georgia State Patrol has confirmed the Sunday evening crash involving a Black Camaro on Green Street in Gainesville was a police pursuit.
Officials with GSP said troopers were requested by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office to aid in the chase of the vehicle traveling south on SR. 60, Thompson Bridge Rd. Troopers reportedly observed the Camaro traveling south on the roadway in the right lane at a high rate of speed.
The Camaro then continued south onto Green St., where it then traveled into the northbound lane, sideswiping a BMW that was also in the lane.
The Camaro then ran off the roadway and came to an uncontrollable stop. Three teen occupants then exited the Camaro.
The driver of the BMW was transported to NEGA Medical Center in Gainesville with serious injuries.
Meanwhile, the driver and a passenger of the Camaro were transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. The passenger of the Camaro was released.
No details have been made available as to what caused the initial pursuit.
Original Story published on April 28, 2025 @ 5:23 a.m.:
Details are limited, but actions and results are plentiful from an apparent pursuit by law enforcement following a speeding motor vehicle Sunday evening.
Several social media posts Sunday night reported that the city of Gainesville's Green Street was blocked after 6:00 p.m. following the pursuit of a late-model, black Chevrolet Camaro, where images on several locations showed a wrecked black Camaro on the greenway area in front of the United States Postal Service (USPS) building on Green Street. Numerous Georgia State Patrol and some Hall County Sheriff's Office and city of Gainesville Police Department vehicles were seen blocking off the area of Green Street, inside the areas of E.E. Butler Parkway and past Thompson Bridge Road Sunday night.
The Hall County Sheriff's Office social media page reported that Green Street had been reopened after 9:30 p.m. Sunday, with few further details behind the roadway's closure. Requests from AccessWDUN reaching out to Gainesville Police for comment were directed to Georgia State Patrol for comment, where they indicated they were not the initiating agency behind the incident. Requests from AccessWDUN to Georgia State Patrol early Sunday night have not been returned, as of this publication early Monday morning.
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