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Jamaal Willis-Powell

Age : 30

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 04/02/2021

Location : Intersection of Fayetteville Road & Blossom Street

City : Unknown

County : Coweta

State : Georgia

Agency : Coweta County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON FOR CHASE: Defective headlight and traffic violations
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NARRATIVE:
On 04/02/2021 at approximately 8:30 p.m., Coweta County sheriff’s deputies were stationed near the Interstate 85 exit at Weldon Road when they saw a Kia Forte driven by Jamaal Willis-Powell, 30, of Covington, pass with a defective headlight. A deputy followed and observed the Kia illegally pass a vehicle stopped at a red light before turning onto Collinsworth Road. The deputy then activated emergency lights and siren to initiate a traffic stop.
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Willis-Powell continued driving while deputies pursued. The Kia crossed double-yellow lines to pass other vehicles and reached approximately 70 mph in a 45-mph zone. The pursuit covered about 1.7 to two miles and lasted approximately one minute and 41 seconds.
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As the pursuit approached the Fulton County line, deputies fell behind and lost sight of the Kia. Shortly afterward, they found it crashed into a tree near Fayetteville Road and Taylor Circle. Willis-Powell was trapped in the wreckage and had to be cut from the vehicle. He died at the scene. His passenger, Jasmine Simone Hayes, 28, was ejected and also killed.
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After the crash, authorities reported that the Kia’s license plate was registered to a different vehicle and that Willis-Powell had outstanding felony burglary warrants from Gwinnett County. Those warrants were not the reason deputies initially attempted to stop the Kia.
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The Georgia State Patrol investigated the fatal crash. Coweta County Sheriff’s Office subsequently released body-camera footage documenting the pursuit.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/police-chase-in-coweta-county-ends-in-double-fatal-crash
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/coweta-county-deputies-release-body-camera-video-of-deadly-high-speed-chase
https://www.ajc.com/news/2-killed-after-leading-coweta-deputies-on-high-speed-chase/63USUJB255ASVHD6HCXYE4KT2Q/