JONES COUNTY, Ga. — A man is 'seriously hurt' in the hospital after a high-speed chase Wednesday night in Jones County.
Chris Shurley with the Jones County Sheriff’s Department says someone spotted a motorcycle that had been reported stolen out of Centerville Wednesday night near Green Settlement Road.
A couple of sheriff’s units were close by and turned around to follow the driver, but the driver of the bike kept refusing to stop.
Shurley says the motorcyclist made a turn from Green Settlement on to the Gray Bypass too fast and swung out wide, hit the guardrail, and was thrown off the bike.
According to Jones County Sheriff Butch Reece, the motorcyclist was seriously hurt when the chase after he crashed into a guardrail on the Gray bypass.
Shurley says he landed up the embankment, the bike flopped the other way, and exploded in flames. It was a total loss.
Reece says deputies found suspected drugs on the driver.
The driver of the bike, 34-year-old Herbert Rudd of Macon faces charges for being on the stolen bike, drug charges, and more charges related to the chase.
He has serious injuries, but he is in the hospital listed in stable condition.
