One man is dead after rolling his car rolled hundreds of feet across a cornfield on Short Mountain Highway Saturday night. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Roberto Cruz, 19, was traveling east on in a 2003 Nissan when he left the roadway on the right side and overturned numerous times, ejecting Cruz. The THP said he was not wearing a seat belt. Witnesses at the scene claimed a passenger escaped the vehicle and fled on foot. The incident took place just before 11:30 p.m. near New Home Road, and was investigated by Troopers Jeremy Wilhite and Chris Delong. The Short Mountain Station of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, and DeKalb EMS assisted at the scene.