Man dies stuck in mud after running from deputies

Exhaustion, exposure thought to blame; toxicology tests pending



Wednesday, March 22, 2006; Posted: 10:37 a.m. EST (15:37 GMT)





Tire tracks and footprints mark the scene of Tuesday's pursuit.



DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- A man running from a routine traffic stop early Tuesday sank waist-deep in mud and apparently died of exhaustion and cold while authorities tried to pull him out.



Deputies stopped Shawn E. Leflore, 33, for having an outdated registration sticker, sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Don Peritz said.



"He thought he was wanted. That is why he ran," Peritz said. "But it turns out he wasn't wanted for anything, except his driver's license was expired."



Leflore ran about 700 yards off the road, where he got stuck in the mud, Peritz said. The weather was windy, and temperatures were in the upper 30s in the dark field, which had been saturated by heavy rain.



Deputies searched about an hour before finding him. They called for help and tried for another hour to pull him out, but Leflore died, Peritz said.



Peritz said officials believe Leflore suffered from exhaustion and exposure. Toxicology results were pending.



A passenger in Leflore's vehicle was not injured.

 

Haha, what a tool.

 

LOL, what an asshat.

 

It amazes me the stupid people who run from the law. And resist arrest. Are they like into pain, or are they martyrs and want to be the next Rodney King?



Stupid ******* cowards. Face the music.

 

33 years old, let's say 38F air temp, 1 hour waist deep in mud, and he died???

 

Prolly no shirt on, them guys always run.

 

...to pistol whips

 

HOT POCKET

 

so the guy died cause his tags were expired? its actually a good thing, he prolly would have died of embarassment if he lived.

 

missing a parts driver?