ERIE — Timothy Wayne Charboneau, 23, Erie, died in a one-vehicle accident Tuesday evening after officers said he fled from police in rural Neosho County.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Erie police officers were pursuing Charboneau south of Erie on Pryor Road, when his pickup left the roadway, crashed through a guardrail, became airborne and landed on its top in the Neosho River.
He was declared dead at the scene, about one mile south of Erie.
The KHP report did not indicate why police were pursuing Charboneau.
Charboneau was a 2008 Iola High School graduate.
Erie man dies in wreck
