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| Escapee arrested after fatal chase in Ga. |
| By The News-Press |
| Published: 03/10/2005 |
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One of two escaped Hardee County (Ga.) inmates was arrested Tuesday night in Georgia after leading police on a short pursuit during which a crash occurred and killed a woman. A 62-year-old woman died when a deputy chasing Ronald Dale Smith, 31, of Avon Park, crashed with four other vehicles in Carroll County, Ga., which is 50 miles west of Atlanta. Smith remained in Carroll County Jail on Wednesday. Charges related to the chase and the woman's death are pending, said Carroll County Sheriff's Lt. Shane Taylor. Hardee County Sheriff's detectives said they tracked Smith to North Carolina after the inmate escaped Feb. 28 with Anthony Layne Deboy, 22, of Naples, from the Hardee County Jail. While in the recreation yard, the two inmates put a table against the back wall, squeezed through razor wire to get to a storage shed roof and escaped from the roof. Deboy is still on the loose. Investigators say Smith, who was in jail on charges of battery, assault and illegal possession of weapons, went to North Carolina where they believe he stole a truck and headed to Carroll County. They alerted local deputies to be on the lookout for Smith in a white Dodge pickup with North Carolina plates. Shortly before 7:30 p.m., Carroll County Deputy Jamie Godbee spotted Smith in the truck. Smith saw him and took off, Taylor said. Godbee, an eight-year veteran of the sheriff's office, started to chase the pickup when they came up to an intersection. Smith swerved around the stopped or slowed cars and continued through the intersection. Godbee, 26, didn't and slammed into the back of a Honda Civic, which was driven by Rebecca Ann Partian. The Civic hit a Pontiac Grand Am, which hit another vehicle. Godbee's patrol car continued through the intersection and smashed into a Ford truck. Partian died at the scene. Godbee was taken by helicopter to Atlanta Medical Center with several broken bones. He underwent surgery Wednesday, Taylor said. A few miles down the road, Smith pulled over when another officer tried to stop him, Taylor said. |
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