Man Dies in Mud After Fleeing Traffic Stop
From Times Wire Reports
A man running away from a routine traffic stop sank waist-deep in mud and apparently died from exhaustion and cold.
Deputies stopped Shawn E. Leflore, 33, for having an outdated registration sticker, Dallas County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Don Peritz said. “He thought he was wanted. That is why he ran,” Peritz said.
Deputies searched about an hour before finding Leflore. They called for aid and tried for another hour to pull him out, but he died, Peritz said.
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