Fatal Encounters

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Brian Allen Hayes

Name: Brian Allen Hayes
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 07/22/2020
Location: Northwoods Rd & Bethel Rd
Gainesville, Georgia, 30527
County: Hall
Agency: Hall County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Deputies attempted to stop a Chevrolet Equinox. The driver, Christopher Wayne Sosebee, allegedly fled when the deputy turned on his blue lights. The car came across Bethel Road, heading up and down a rocky embankment and landed on top of a Chevrolet 2500 work truck. Brian Allen Hayes, the driver of the work truck, was killed. Sosebee was charged with one count of felony murder in a Hall County grand jury indictment and three counts of first-degree vehicular homicide.
Unique ID: 30244

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