Victim burned in weekend car fire has died

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The victim from a weekend auto fire in Hamilton County has died.

It happened on Suck Creek Road right as Highway 27 goes up Suck Creek Mountain around 2:30 AM on Saturday.

Police and fire units responded to the vehicle and a porch on fire.

72 year old Robert Davis, who was in the car, suffered burns to 50% of his body.

He was flown to the burn unit at Wellstar Cobb Hospital in Austell, Georgia.

The Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate the cause of the fire and death.