100-mph chase ends in downtown crash - Forsyth Herald (press release)
Forsyth sheriff’s deputies were notified that Lawrenceville police units were pursuing around 12:11 a. m. a 2001 gray Chevrolet Silverado traveling 100 mph. The police were chasing 50-year-old Billy Simonton of Loganville on Ga. 20 westbound into Forsyth County. A Forsyth deputy joined in the chase as they headed toward downtown Cumming and onto Veterans Memorial Boulevard. While allegedly running a red light heading northeast on West Maple, Simonton collided with a 2014 Toyota Tacoma truck driven by Eraclio Casas of Cumming. Simonton’s truck tuned and flipped onto its side upon impact and crashed into the brick wall at the corner of the main Forsyth County Courthouse on West Maple and Veterans Memorial Boulevard. The impact of the crash sent Casas’ truck across Veterans Boulevard and up onto the curb near the old courthouse. Source: forsythherald.com
