Canon City man dies in crash over the weekend

The Colorado State Patrol responded is investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that happened on E 6th Street in Florence early Sunday morning.

Jeremiah Patton, 23, of Canon City was driving a 2007 Ford Fusion when he attempted to escape from a Florence police officer. He then hit an embankment causing the car to become airborne. The car continued straight in the air where it collided its front with the opposing embankment causing the car to rotate clockwise and overturn before coming to a rest on its roof.

Patton was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.