Police identify man found dead in his car on Hixson Pike

Chattanooga police have identified the man found dead in his car Thursday morning as Goldon Dunn, 77.

Dunn's body was found in his car after an accident on Hixson Pike.

Investigators say they do not think Dunn died in the single-vehicle accident, but the cause of death is awaiting the Hamilton County medical examiner's report, according to a news release from the Chattanooga Police Department.

Police, who were notified around 5 a.m., said the vehicle was traveling south in the 4850 block of Hixson Pike when it veered off the road and hit some bushes and a wooden fence.

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