Houston man who died after fleeing from Woodville police identified
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By KTRE Digital Media Staff | January 8, 2021 at 3:39 PM CST - Updated January 8 at 5:49 PM
TYLER COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - DPS reports a death after a crash involving a stolen vehicle.
25-year-old Mark Anthony Johnson of Houston was killed after the vehicle he was in crashed during a police pursuit.
At approximately 1:00 p.m., troopers received a report of a single-vehicle crash on US 190 in Tyler County, just east of CR 3550.
The preliminary DPS crash investigation indicates that a 2007 Dodge pickup truck driven by Johnson was traveling eastbound on US 190 at a high rate of speed. Johnson was reportedly fleeing from Woodville police after the vehicle was confirmed stolen out of Houston.