A Dodge Charger with its headlights switched off reached nearly 140 miles per hour on Interstate 95 in coastal Georgia early on Sunday, November 15, 2026, leading deputies and state troopers from five counties on a pursuit that ended when the car left the interstate near mile marker 82 in Bryan County and the driver was taken into custody, according to News Now Georgia, reporting preliminary information from the Georgia Department of Public Safety. No injuries or deaths were reported.

Source: News Now Georgia

The pursuit began at around 12:15 a.m., when a McIntosh County deputy tried to stop a speeding Dodge Charger on Highway 17 near the Liberty County line, News Now Georgia reported. The driver refused to pull over and accelerated north toward Riceboro, passing 100 mph as the deputy gave chase. On Highway 17 the driver turned the Charger's lights off and reached speeds of approximately 120 mph, the report said.

Onto I-95, lights off again, at nearly 140 mph

After reaching the Highway 17 interchange with I-95 in Liberty County, the driver entered the interstate northbound and Georgia State Patrol troopers joined the pursuit as the Charger kept accelerating. The driver again switched the vehicle's lights off, reaching nearly 140 mph while travelling along the interstate in darkness. Liberty County sheriff's deputies joined the pursuit as it passed Exit 76 at Midway.

A later update from the Georgia Department of Public Safety, carried by News Now Georgia, placed the start of the pursuit near I-95 mile marker 18 in Camden County and said troopers responded at 12:53 a.m. to assist Camden County deputies. By the time the chase ended it had involved agencies from Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, Liberty and Bryan counties, along with the Georgia State Patrol — a five-county response along Georgia's coastal interstate corridor.

PIT manoeuvre and a ditch at the Belfast-Keller Road exit

Near mile marker 82, a Georgia State Patrol trooper struck the Charger with a patrol vehicle during a PIT manoeuvre — a controlled contact intended to turn a fleeing vehicle sideways and bring it to a stop — and the Charger left the roadway, bringing the pursuit to a halt as Bryan County sheriff's deputies were also arriving in the area. The Department of Public Safety update added that at the Belfast-Keller Road exit in Bryan County the driver lost control, crossed the road and crashed into a ditch, and that troopers and deputies took the driver into custody without further incident.

Dispatch audio from the chase, transcribed by CrimeRadar, independently places the pursuit entering Bryan County and ending in a crash near Exit 82, with the vehicle well off the roadway, debris on the road and no injuries reported — matching the account given to News Now Georgia.

Source: CrimeRadar dispatch transcript

Why this corridor matters

Interstate 95 is the main north–south highway of the US East Coast and, through coastal Georgia, it carries heavy long-haul truck traffic between Florida, the Port of Savannah area and the Carolinas, alongside local traffic for towns such as Riceboro, Midway and Richmond Hill. A vehicle travelling at nearly 140 mph with no lights on that corridor in the middle of the night put every other driver on the road — including truckers running overnight freight — at risk, even though this pursuit ended with no one hurt.

Georgia law treats fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer as a serious offence, and high-speed flight can bring felony charges, with further charges possible over reckless driving and any danger caused to other road users. What this driver will actually face has not yet been announced.

What happens next

The driver was identified in reporting only as a male driver; his identity and any charges were not immediately available, News Now Georgia said. The Georgia Department of Public Safety's account so far is described as preliminary information, so the full State Patrol report — including where the pursuit is officially recorded as starting, the speeds recorded at each stage and the charges filed — is still to come. Awaaz Punjab will update this story when the driver's name and charges are released.