A DeKalb County woman says what should have been a routine drive turned into a 20 to 30 minute nightmare when a street takeover swallowed her car at a Chamblee intersection and 911 did not pick up.
She told reporters she was stuck at Chamblee-Tucker Road and Alton Road while cars spun donuts around her and bystanders lit fireworks. Drivers boxed her in, she said, and some people in the crowd appeared to be armed, leaving her too scared to even try to push through the chaos.
The woman says she dialed 911 and stayed on the line for about a minute but never reached a dispatcher. Roughly 45 minutes after that first call, she says she finally got a text from DeKalb County 911…