Man dies after Shreveport police pursuit ends in fiery crash off Colquitt Road

Shreveport Times

Sheriff Steve Prator said that Caddo deputies responded to a deadly crash following a pursuit by Shreveport Police early on Saturday.

CPSO Lt. Matt Cowden arrived at Woolworth Rd. and Colquitt Rd.  just after 1 a.m. where he found a pickup truck engulfed in flames. Cowden said the truck was leading SPD on a chase when it ran off a roadway and crashed into a tree. 

SPD officers attempted to extract the driver from the vehicle but could not due to the fire. Caddo Fire District 4 responded to put out the flames. The driver died at the scene and was transported by the Caddo coroner.

The crash remains under investigation.

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