MACON COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Franklin Police Department reports a suspect in a U-Haul led law enforcement in a pursuit that crossed from North Carolina into Georgia on Saturday.

Officers said they were investigating an assault at the Mountain Energy Gas Station on Georgia Road around 3:40 p.m. They tried to make contact with a suspect sitting in a U-Haul box truck when she drove away.

A pursuit began near the Cook Out restaurant before the U-Haul briefly stopped in a traffic lane in front of Ingles Supermarket. Officers commanded the suspect to exit the vehicle, but she then drove south on Georgia Road, according to police.

Officers report successfully deploying a tire deflation device before turning the chase over to Georgia law enforcement. The suspect lost control of the v

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