Tech fan, 11, injured in hit-and-run crash

Police are searching for the driver of a black Cadillac sedan who was involved in a hit-and-run crash with an 11-year-old boy outside Mercedes-benz Stadium after the Georgia Tech-clemson football game Monday night.

Kaine Chastain of Jasper was taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston Hospital with a broken leg that required surgery, according to a Gofundme page set up to help cover his medical expenses. He remains in the hospital after his “tibia and fibula were broken clean through,” the page said.

A crash report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-constitution said Kaine ran ahead of his family as they crossed Northside Drive and did not have the right-of-way. The black sedan was going through a yellow light, but a group of pedestrians had already started to cross Northside Drive near the stadium, according to the report. Kaine’s father, Jonathan Chastain, said he witnessed the incident as he walked behind with his 7-yearold daughter.

Officers were called to the intersection of Northside Drive and Thurmond Street just after 11:20 p.m., the report said. Police found Kaine “screaming in pain” with “an obvious broken lower right leg,” according to the report.

Cameras in the area captured the incident. The report said the footage showed the sedan slow for a moment before fleeing. Investigators were not able to get the car’s tag number, but the report said additional footage was captured by Georgia World Congress Center cameras that might provide new evidence.

Jonathan Chastain, a single father and prominent Georgia Tech fan known as the GT Viking, had taken his two youngest children to Monday’s Chick-fil-a Kickoff Game, according to the Gofundme page. In an interview with Channel 2 Action News, he said bystanders offered immediate assistance.