A PURSUIT FRIDAY NIGHT IN CHEROKEE COUNTY ENDED WITH A FATAL CRASH.
THE INCIDENT BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER 10PM WHEN A CHEROKEE COUNTY DEPUTY ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE DRIVER OF A WHITE FORD MUSTANG FOR SPEEDING AND RECKLESS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 3 NEAR MERIDEN.
THE DRIVER SPED OFF ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE THE DEPUTY AND EVENTUALLY TUIRNED OFF ON L AVENUE.
AUTHORITIES SAY THE DRIVER EVENTUALLY LOST CONTROL, WENT OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED.
THE DRIVER, 26-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW WILLIAMS OF PAULLINA, DIED FROM INJURIES HE SUFFERED IN THE CRASH.
WILLIAMS WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
