Black Mississippi Confederate flag supporter dies after rally when 'car full of jeering African American men forced him off the road'

Anthony Hervey, 49, was chased by a group of men while driving home from an Alabama flag rally when the car flipped

The passenger, Arlene Barnum, said they were pursued by a group of young black men while en route back to Mississippi on Sunday

Barnum posted to Facebook while still pinned inside the vehicle: 'HELP.. They after us. My vehicle inside down

By Associated Press and Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 09:10 EST, 20 July 2015 | Updated: 12:29 EST, 20 July 2015

A black Mississippi man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag has died in a one-car accident.

The Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Anthony Hervey was killed Sunday when the 2005 Ford Explorer he was driving left the roadway and overturned on Mississippi Highway 6 in Lafayette County.

A passenger in Harvey's car, Arlene Barnum, tells The Associated Press that Hervey swerved and crashed after another vehicle carrying four or five young black men pulled up alongside them, yelling and looking angry.



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Barnum said Hervey yelled something back at the other vehicle before losing control and crashing.

'It spun like crazy and we flipped, flipped, flipped. It was awful,' she said.

She said she gave that account to a Mississippi state trooper when she was taken to a hospital after the accident.

In the moments following the crash, Barnum was apparently able to post to Facebook, where she wrote:

'HELP.. They after us. My vehicle inside down.'

Shortly after, Barnum posted again:

'Anthony Hervy pinned in ., gas leaking.'

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R.I.P.