Name withheld by police

Vehic/Purs

A man who fled a routine roadway police check died when his car struck a telephone pole and tree, police said. The man had stopped for the roadway check. While turning his car to flee down Jonesboro Road, he bumped his Ford Taurus against a police officer. The unidentified driver was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger, whose name was also withheld by police, was hospitalized in stable condition. Police found 14 1/2 grams of crack cocaine in the car