Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Matthew Allen Pickens
Gender : Male
Age : 44
Race : White
Date : 08/23/2025
Location : Interstate 75 near Exit 317 to State Route 53
City : Calhoun
County : Gordon
State : Georgia
Agency : Gordon County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 08/23/2025 at approximately 2:40 p.m., a Gordon County deputy attempted to stop a Mercedes on Interstate 75 near Exit 317. Police escalated a chase that continued south to Exit 312 and into the intersection of State Route 53 and the bypass. The pursued vehicle crossed into oncoming lanes and collided head-on with another car. A bystander in the other car was killed, and three additional people were injured.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 1 fatality, 3 injuries
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/i-75-police-chase-ends-deadly-crash-gordon-county
https://coosavalleynews.com/2025/08/atleast-one-dead-three-others-injured-in-gordon-county-police-chase/
