Police Say Fleeing Driver Killed in Crash

(ELKHART) – Police say a driver fleeing from officers was killed when the vehicle crashed in a northern Indiana city.

The Elkhart Police Department says officers responding about 5 a.m. Sunday to a call of a screaming woman saw an SUV leaving the area. Officers chasing the SUV say the driver disregarded railroad crossing arms, then hit a parked car and struck a downtown post office building.

Police say the driver was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the crash scene. Information about the person killed wasn’t immediately released.