NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – A stolen car led North Augusta officers on a 16-mile chase, hitting speeds up to 123 mph before catching fire and the driver running away Monday night, officers said.
North Augusta Department of Public Safety said an officer spotted a gray Chrysler 300 speeding south on Edgefield Road around 7:51 p.m. Monday. Less than 20 minutes earlier, the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office responded to Jefferson Davis Highway after receiving a report of a stolen gray Chrysler 300.
The officer turned around and caught up to the car after about three miles. The driver accelerated, turning west from Edgefield Road toward Rosemary Avenue, the report says…