Stone Street Accidents
Man Fleeing Police Flips Car, Killing Himself and Dog in DeLand
A calm Wednesday morning in DeLand turned tragic when a man fled from a traffic stop and subsequently flipped his car, killing himself and a dog in the process. The official report indicates that Justin L. Johnson, a 26-year-old from Lake Helen, had been engaged in an argument with his girlfriend when the argument became threatening enough for the woman to flee the scene in a taxicab. In the cab, she reportedly told the cab driver that her boyfriend was chasing her and that she needed to go to the hospital.