A man who failed to stop for police crashed his car early Sunday morning in Marion and died.
According to state police, the wreck occurred at 2:44 a.m., near the Front Porch Restaurant.
Deandre M. White, 37, was operating a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer southbound on Ky. 91 (Main Street) when Marion Patrolman Chuck Hoover attempted to initiate a traffic stop.
White failed to yield to the blue lights and continued traveling south on Ky. 91 (Main Street) at a high rate of speed. White failed to negotiate a curve in front of the restaurant and his vehicle exited the shoulder of the roadway and entered a ditch line. White's vehicle then struck a culvert and overturned, ejecting him.
Police are not releasing much information about the incident right now as it remains under investigation. They are not even sure why White was in the area. He is believed to be from the Hopkinsville or Clarksville, Tenn., area. He was the only person in the vehicle, which did not belong to him, and he was carrying very little personal identification.
White was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Crittenden County Coroner's Office.
Multiple personnel from Kentucky State Police, Marion Police Department, Crittenden County EMS and the Crittenden County Coroner's Office assisted at the scene.
