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Vincent T. Hughes

Gender : Male

Age : 40

Race : Black

Date : 03/22/2023

Location : Barnesville Rd+GA 136

City : Lamar

County : Lamar

State : Georgia

Agency : Georgia State Patrol, Lamar County SO

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Georgia State Patrol initiated a chase in Lamar County off Barnesville Road and Ga. 136 after a trooper tried to pull over Bryan Pierre Williams and his passengerVincent Hugheson Barnesville Road.Williams sped away in a Chevy Tahoe and the trooper, not accepting a failed traffic stop, escalated a chase, performed a PIT maneuver resulting in Williams hitting the trooper’s car. Troopers claim the driver and passenger were throwing drugs out of the window. Deputiesperformed another PIT maneuver, directly killing Hughes when the PIT resulted in the vehicle rolling several timesand killing passenger Vincent Hughes.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/sheriff-1-suspect-dead-another-injured-after-high-speed-chase-with-ga-deputies-troopers/O7OLZN7GIZGL7OVSE7YGQUC4M4/