A Iowa State Patrol pursuit in eastern Iowa’s Scott County resulted in a fiery crash Saturday morning. The Patrol reports a Trooper initiated contact with a reckless driver in a 2004 Ford Taurus. The driver refused to yield and crashed through the gates of the Davenport Municipal Airport.

The driver accelerated and crashed the vehicle into an aviation fuel container, which exploded into flames. The unidentified driver died in the crash and explosion that happened at around 7:20-a.m.

The incident remains under investigation.