SCARBOROUGH, MAINE (WMTW) - An assistant principal died in a crash while allegedly fleeing from police.

Police said reports of an erratic driver on Interstate 295 in Richmond started coming in Saturday around 9:30 p.m.

Troopers said they caught up with a Jeep Wrangler in Yarmouth and pulled over the driver, identified as 34-year-old Jacob Brown.

Police said Brown sped away from the traffic stop and ended up crashing into the woods.

Brown was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the Jeep, which burst into flames, according to troopers.

Brown was pronounced dead on the scene.

“I was devastated,” Jillian St. Louis said.

St. Louis is a family friend and was shocked to hear the news.

“Unbelievably tragic. I think it’s going to be hard to find out all the details were exactly. I’m

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