Scott County, IN : 30-year-old dies after crashing while fleeing police in Southern Indiana on Thursday, 18th July 2019

SCOTT CO., Ind. (WHAS11) – A 30-year-old Indiana man died while refusing to stop for a traffic stop and fleeing police in Scott County, Ind. on July 18.

The Scott County Sheriff’s office said a deputy tried to conduct a traffic stop on Jesse A. Murphy’s black 2004 Chevrolet Impala before 8 p.m. Thursday.The Impala ran a red light at Lake Road and State Road 56 in Scottsburg, according to the sheriff’s office, and continued east—while driving recklessly.

The vehicle approached I-65 north and merged into traffic, Murphy refused to stop his vehicle and deputies followed him with lights and sirens on, police said.

It was when the vehicle reached Exit 34, for Austin, when it left the roadway and flipped multiple times, according to police. Murphy was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.

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