Police say a man who was fleeing officers after a domestic disturbance call was killed when he was ejected from his vehicle after it crashed into a power pole.

The West St. Paul police department gave the following details on its Facebook page:

About 1:43 a.m. Sunday a female called 911 to report a 35-year-old man threatening residents and damaging property within a West St. Paul home. She said that this man had consumed large amounts of alcohol and had used drugs. The 911 dispatcher could hear a man yelling and what sounded like items being thrown in the home.

When officers saw the man driving east on Moreland Avenue, they attempted to pull him over to arrest him on suspicion of domestic assault and other charges, but he refused to pull over and fled, police said. When officers tried again to stop him a few blocks away, the driver crossed Robert Street, lost control of his vehicle and struck a power pole and two unoccupied vehicles in a driveway near Moreland Avenue and Kruse Street. The driver was ejected from his vehicle and medics pronounced him dead at the scene.

The Mendota Heights police department and Minnesota State Patrol are investigating the crash. Police said Sunday morning that the area of the crash was still an active investigative scene.

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