Longview Police Search for Driver in Fatal Accident

LONGVIEW — A fatal accident in which the victim apparently fell out of a car has Longview police looking for leads. Police were dispatched at 7:49 p.m. Thursday to a Young Street location near the Martin Luther King Boulevard intersection. When officers arrived they were told a green, older model Ford Crown Victoria was traveling westbound on Young Street. As the driver of the car turned to travel north on MLK, the driver lost control of the vehicle and struck the west side of a store, causing significant damage to the building.

The driver of the car then backed the car up and continued to travel north on MLK. A passenger in the vehicle attempted to exit the vehicle as it sped away. It appears the victim may have fallen from the vehicle near the Timpson Street intersection, sustaining serious injuries. Officers searched the area and located the vehicle in an empty lot a short distance from the crime scene. Officers are attempting to identify the other occupants of the vehicle, who had fled the scene prior to police locating the vehicle. The victim, identified as Aaron Jacolby Morrow 19, of Longview, was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center where he died from his injuries.

Longview Police urge anyone with information on this incident to contact Detective Rebecca Reeves at 903-237-1198. The tipster can also remain anonymous by contacting Gregg County Crimestoppers at http://www.greggcountycrimestoppers.org or 903-236-7867.