A 1999 maroon, Oldsmobile Alero, operated by Timothy Perkins, 52, of Middletown, was traveling eastbound on Aspen Street, the patrol said.
A preliminary investigation indicates the Oldsmobile traveled off the left side of the road, and struck a mobile home. The engine compartment caught fire, the patrol said.
Perkins was unconscious at the scene for reasons unknown at this time and was pulled from the vehicle.
Middletown police and paramedics arrived on scene. Perkins was pronounced dead at the scene by Middletown EMS.
Neighbor Doug Best, who was standing outside, said he saw the car driving down the street at a high rate of speed when the car crashed into the side of the mobile home and burst into flames.
“The car was blazing,” Best said.
After the accident, Best ran across the street with a couple of other neighbors, grabbed a hammer and broke out the driver’s side window after they realized all of the doors were jammed shut.
Best said he and the victim’s brother, who was travelling in a different vehicle, pulled the man out of the car. He said the man’s brother performed CPR. Best said he knocked on the door of the mobile home, but no one was home at the time of the crash.
When Middletown police arrived, they knocked in the front door to make sure the mobile home was empty. A corner of the mobile home sustained damage from fire.
Best said he did not recognize the victim nor the victim’s brother and he was not sure what they were doing in the trailer park.
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