Metro Atlanta officer stops drunk-driver driving on wrong side of the road with patrol car

Officer Thomas Chandler told us the crash keeps replaying in his head over and over. It happened close to where we are just south of Holcomb Bridge on Georgia 400.

Because of his bravery, no one else was hurt.

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It was at this moment when Roswell Police officer Thomas Chandler braced for impact.

“We started getting calls of a wrong way driver driving northbound on the southbound lanes of travel on Georgia 400,” Chandler told Channel 2 Action News reporter Christian Jennings .

This is Chandler’s first job in law enforcement; he started with Roswell PD in February of last year.

Now, he is being hailed a hero for stopping that wrong way driver just after 3 p.m. Monday morning.

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