KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — A man is dead after a chase in North Knox County ended in a crash on Thursday night, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.
KCSO said deputies chased a vehicle on March 31 in the Merchant Drive and Tillery Drive area near the Knoxville Expo Center. The driver of that vehicle crashed, later identified as 36-year-old Iran Lyons, and officials said he later died in the hospital.
Around 10:30 p.m., deputies saw a white Hyundai Sonata with an "inoperable right rear brake light," according to a KCSO report. A deputy tried to stop the car, but it kept going. It turned right onto Davida Road and then into a Super 8 parking lot.
It went through the parking lot and back onto Merchant Drive then across to Camelia Road, according to a report. It continued on to Walfred Drive then Schubert Road and Tillery Road, crossing Clinton Highway before turning onto Wilson Road.
The report said the car did not stop at multiple stop signs and "exceeded all posted speed limits, as it attempted to evade law enforcement."
Deputies reportedly lost sight of the car on Wilson Road before coming around a corner near Ambling Lane when an officer saw the heavily damaged car off the roadway with Lyons laying on the road.
The report said the deputies rendered aid and called for EMS. AMR took Lyons to UT Medical Center where he later died.
Deputies said they found a loaded Glock 43x and around $9,527 in a white bag next to the car. According to the report, Lyons was driving on a revoked license and was in possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.