Fleeing Driver Dies In Fiery Crash
Associated Press - Sun 05:42 PM 07/01/2012
The vehicle struck a tree and caught fire
A suspected drunken driver has died in a fiery crash while fleeing from Geary County deputies.
The Geary County Sheriff's Department said deputies attempted to stop the driver around 2:40 a.m. Sunday. About a minute later, the vehicle struck a tree and caught fire in Junction City.
The deputy and a Junction City police officer tried unsuccessfully to get the driver out of the vehicle. After firefighters extinguished the blaze, the Geary County Coroner pronounced the suspect dead.
The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating. No other information was immediately released.
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t-bone
Sunday 1 July 2012 18:39 Report this comment
reckon he was on his cellphone? how awful
kssupermex
Sunday 1 July 2012 19:55 Report this comment
get a job, can't believe you can afford internet...maybe at the library...LOL
evilklown
Sunday 1 July 2012 20:27 Report this comment
You should catch up on your rest, it's going to be hot on that roof tomorrow senor.
t-bone
Sunday 1 July 2012 21:27 Report this comment
shouldn't that say kssupermAx
THEENFORCER
Sunday 1 July 2012 22:04 Report this comment
we have a supermex on here? must be t-bones mate.
BONEMAN
Sunday 1 July 2012 22:19 Report this comment
tbone seems to me you think everyone was on a cellphone. Is there something your not telling us? Did you call all these people and cause all these accidents?
WhoCares
Monday 2 July 2012 08:24 Report this comment
tbone, I guess you are a pro at solving accidents. Why don't you take your sorry ass out to every accident, and report back to us saying, "I believe the driver was on his cell phone... even though he was fleeing from the police...."
t-bone
Monday 2 July 2012 09:31 Report this comment
if you lived on my street you'd see that around half the people going by are either on their cellphones or picking their nose.
t-bone
Monday 2 July 2012 09:48 Report this comment
enfarter thats probly you that goes by with your little finger clear up your nose.
getumgranny
Monday 2 July 2012 14:02 Report this comment
What an idiot, running from the law will never get you anywhere, can't outrun those radios!! Sorry though for his family's loss, it's sad he/she did something like this to cause his family such pain and grief. I have never seen a situation where someone runs from the law and it turns out good!!