Original Article Man dies in mud hole after chase by deputies Associated Press Mar. 21, 2006 11:13 AM DALLAS - A man fleeing sheriff's deputies early Tuesday sank waist-deep into a mud hole and died as authorities tried to pull him out, officials said. The man's identity and cause of death were not immediately available, Dallas County Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Don Peritz said. He said the weather was windy and temperatures in the upper 30s in the field, which had been saturated by heavy rains. The chase began just after 1 a.m. when deputies stopped a vehicle on a county road for having an outdated registration sticker. When deputies discovered the driver gave them false information, the driver ran into the field, Peritz said. Deputies searched for about an hour before finding the man. They tried for several hours to pull him out, but the man eventually before they succeeded around 5 a.m., Peritz said.