UPDATED at 8:30 p.m. with name of man who died
ST. LOUIS — A driver fleeing ºüÀêÊÓƵ police Tuesday night died after he jumped from a moving vehicle and was run over, authorities said.Â
Jordan Brown-Garner was hospitalized after the crash with a head injury, and police learned Wednesday morning that he had died, said ºüÀêÊÓƵ police Sgt. Charles Wall.
Brown-Garner, 25, lived in the 3700 block of Affirmed Drive in unincorporated north ºüÀêÊÓƵ County.
He was fatally injured about 8 p.m. Tuesday on Forest Park Parkway, near Union Boulevard.
Earlier, officers with the ºüÀêÊÓƵ Police Department's mobile reserve unit spotted a Jeep driving recklessly in the 5800 block of Theodosia Avenue. The officers switched on their emergency lights and siren to try to stop the Jeep, but it sped away, police said.
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A police helicopter helped track the Jeep. Police threw down spike strips to flatten the Jeep's tires at Martin Luther King Drive and Union Boulevard. One tire was flattened, but the Jeep kept going.
The helicopter pilot saw two men get out of the Jeep in the 4100 block of Laclede Avenue and run away. Police arrested one of the men, who is 29. The second man tossed a pistol and got away, police said.
Brown-Garner drove west on Forest Park Parkway, near Union Boulevard. When he tried to get out of the Jeep as it was moving, the vehicle ran over him, police said.
The ºüÀêÊÓƵ Police Department's investigation is being handled by the accident-reconstruction team and the Force Investigation Unit.