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RAY CITY — A Ray City man died in a chase with deputies Wednesday, the Georgia State Patrol said in a statement released late this week.

Around 2 a.m., GSP Patrol Post 13 in Tifton was asked to help Berrien County deputies with a chase involving a motorcycle, troopers said.

Before the trooper responding could catch up to the pursuit, the motorcycle crashed on a curve on Hutchinson Parrish Road, leaving the roadway and hitting a tree, the GSP said.

The motorcyclist — identified as Jason Dewayne Miller, 44, of Ray City — was killed, the statement said.

The investigation into the incident is continuing.

Terry Richards is senior reporter at The Valdosta Daily Times.