Man dies after driving over median, crashing car into tree, Arlington police say
A 39-year-old man died after a car crash during which he drove over a center median and a street sign and into a tree Tuesday morning, Arlington police said.
The single-car accident occurred about 1:35 a.m. in the 2000 block of West Green Oaks Boulevard.
“Investigators believe the driver of a Hyundai Sonata, a 39-year-old male, was traveling northbound on West Green Oaks, when he drove onto the center median, over a street sign, and into a tree,” police said in a news release. “The vehicle caught fire upon impact.”
Police said they believe speed was a factor in the crash.
Responding officers were able to pull the driver out of the car. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office identified him as Lawtray Londrell Mitchell, of Fort Worth.
This story was originally published November 16, 2021 at 1:32 PM.
