A Eunice man died Monday in a single-vehicle crash while running from police, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop D.
Shortly after 7 a.m., a Kinder police officer observed a 2006 Ford Mustang commit a traffic violation. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle but the driver, later identified as 26-year-old Aaron M. Charlot of Eunice, chose not to stop, police said.
Charlot then attempted to elude officers by traveling at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, police said.
While traveling at a high rate of speed southbound on Louisiana La. 383, Charlot lost control of the vehicle he was driving about 2 miles north of La. 101. The vehicle traveled into a ditch on the east side of the highway, became airborne, and entered a thick wooded area striking several trees and bushes before coming to rest at about 7:15 a.m.., police said.
Charlot was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jefferson Davis Parish Coroner’s Office. No one else was in the vehicle.
A toxicology sample was obtained from Charlot and will be submitted for analysis. The crash remains under investigation.
The Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office assisted the Kinder Police with the pursuit.
In 2018, Troop D has investigated 12 fatal crashes resulting in 12 deaths.