COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - According to Sheriff Greg Countryman, two people were taken into custody after a high-speed chase late Saturday night.

A heavy police presence was reported near South Lumpkin Road by Oxbow Meadows around 10:25 p.m. Countryman says a Corvette was traveling at 100 mph when it fled from sheriff’s deputies. The sheriff says the pursuit was called off for safety reasons.

The driver, identified as Clifford Castillo, allegedly turned off his headlights and continued toward Fort Benning at a high rate of speed before hitting a curb at a roundabout and crashing into a wooded area, where the vehicle caught fire.

Castillo and his passenger fled on foot but were quickly apprehended, according to the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office. Clifford Castillo is facing 20 charges, i

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