{"id":403649,"date":"2026-08-11T16:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403649\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T16:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:14:16","slug":"arlington-man-dies-after-car-goes-into-ditch-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403649\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington man dies after car goes into ditch investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BREAKING20NEWS2011.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters.\" alt=\"Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters.<\/p>\n<p>Arlington police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old man after his car swerved off the road and ended up in a ditch Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tcbpm.appianportalsgov.com\/mepublicportal\">Tarrant County Medical Examiner\u2019s website<\/a>, the man identified as Leighton Francis Howard died in a hospital emergency room at 2:42 p.m. His cause of death is pending.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded about 2 p.m. to the 2000 block of East Road to Six Flags Street after it was reported that a 2025 Toyota Corolla had gone off the roadway and into a ditch, police said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Howard, the driver and the sole occupant of the Corolla, was found unresponsive, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said it was unclear why Howard\u2019s car went off the road.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his car going off the roadway, investigators have not ruled out the possibility that Howard suffered a medical episode, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:McClatchy Sans;margin-bottom: 8px;\">Here are the inspection scores and violations for restaurants within the city limits of Arlington for Aug. 2nd &#8211; Aug. 8th, 2026 A score of 100 is a perfect score and 70 is considered to be extremely poor. Reinspections will be conducted for restaurants that score 75 or less. If serious health and sanitation violations are considered an imminent health hazard, the restaurant will be closed until the identified health hazard has been mitigated. To search the restaurant inspections, type in a restaurant name. You can also sort by score.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786464855_46_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"table visualization\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Steve Wilson swilson@star-telegram.com<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/294400689\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786464856_317_ST_Shambhavi Rimal.jpeg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Shambhavi Rimal\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/294400689\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shambhavi Rimal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters. 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