Suspect dies after losing control and crashing into the center divider during pursuit

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Oklahoma City, OK - A police pursuit Thursday night left one man dead when he crashed his car.

The chase had a wild ending after going across town. The SUV was mangled after slamming into the I-44 concrete barrier near NW 23rd Street.

“Officers tried to stop a car around 59th and Pennsylvania on the south side,” Capt. Rod Strecker said Thursday night. “The car failed to stop for the officers, led officers on a pursuit.”

New details released Friday showed the officers tried to pull the driver over because the car didn’t have a license plate. When the officer flipped his lights on, the car took off down SW 59th Street.

“Got onto I-44 eastbound and going north,” Strecker said, referencing the area of I-44 that runs north, but is called “eastbound” since it turns once you reach State Highway 66.

It was just before the crash scene at 10th Street that an officer saw one of the SUV’s tires going flat. Just when they reached 23rd Street, the crash happened.

“Lost control, overcorrected, and struck the concrete barrier,” Strecker said. “There was no action taken by the police department to create any type of collision injury or to stop.”

The driver hit the exit ramp curb, forcing him to lose control.

“The driver was found was transported to the area hospital, where he was pronounced dead,” Strecker said.

The suspect was the only one in the car, and no one else was hurt. There were no other reports of damage to other cars.