21-year-old man’s body found in driveway after car overturns in Arlington crash
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- Arlington police responded to a fatal crash on Turner Warnell Road June 21.
- Investigators said the speeding Mustang driver lost control and overturned.
- Driver ejected from vehicle and killed; police believe he was not belted in.
A 21-year-old man was killed when his Ford Mustang overturned in a crash on Turner Warnell Road in Arlington on Saturday night, police said.
Officers were called about 7:40 p.m. and they found the man lying in the driveway of a nearby home. EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.
The Arlington Police Department’s Crash Investigation Unit responded to the accident. Investigators said the driver of the 2019 Ford Mustang was headed west in the 4300 block of Turner Warnell Road at a high speed when he lost control of the car.
“The Mustang entered a drainage ditch and struck a tree, then re-entered the roadway and overturned,” police said in a news release on Monday. “The driver was ejected from the vehicle and landed approximately 40 feet from where the vehicle came to rest. Investigators believe he was not wearing a seatbelt.”
According to police, a witness said the Mustang was trying to pass another car at the time of the fatal crash.
The driver’s name will be released by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office after his next of kin is notified.