Fugitive crashes at Cape County rest area while fleeing highway patrol

An Illinois fugitive trying to avoid capture by the Missouri State Highway Patrol was seriously injured when the police chase ended in a crash.

Lashawn D. Good, 36, of East St. Louis, Ill., was hurt Sunday when he crashed his 1998 Buick into a tractor-trailer at a rest area along Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash happened just before 6 p.m. at a rest stop near mile marker 110.

Good was fleeing southbound from a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper when he barreled into the rest area on the southbound side, and the tractor-trailer, at high speed, the patrol reported.

He wasn't wearing a seat belt and was ejected from his vehicle.

Good was a fugitive wanted in Illinois on felony charges, the patrol reported.