FLINT, MI – A 45-year-old Flint man died in a crash after police said the vehicle fled from a traffic stop at a high rate of speed.
Michigan State Police troopers conducted a traffic stop shortly after midnight Sunday, April 17, near the intersection of Pierson and Clio roads in the city of Flint.
The stop was for a traffic violation, the MSP Flint Post stated in a news release.
While approaching the vehicle, troopers observed a handgun and potential narcotics. Police said the vehicle fled from the traffic stop, going south on Clio Road at a high rate of speed.
The troopers returned to their patrol vehicle and began to pursue the fleeing vehicle. The pursuit lasted roughly a mile-and-a-half before the suspect’s vehicle crashed near the intersection of Welch Boulevard and Dayton Road.
The driver, a 44-year-old Flint man, and passenger, a 45-year-old Flint man, were injured. Both men needed to be freed from the vehicle and were then transported to a local hospital for treatment.
Police said the passenger died from injuries he suffered and the driver remains hospitalized.
No MSP vehicles were involved in the crash.
Charges will be sought for the driver.
The incident remains under investigation by the MSP Second District Special Investigation Section.
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