23 year-old Nathaniel Combs was heading east on 62nd Avenue North in St Petersburg at a high rate of speed and failed tonegotiate a sharp curve in the road at Westchester Boulevard behind Northside Christian School.
His BMW rotated as it traveled onto the northeast shoulder of the roadway as it then collided with a fence. The vehicle erupted in flames as the gas tank was punctured. Both Combs and his passenger, 22 year-old Joseph Chapman, fled the scene of the crash on foot but were located soon after, FHP troopers arrested Combs for leaving the scene of a crash with property damage and DUI with property damage.