It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The likeness of the one who flees from death is like a fox from whom the earth demands its debt. It kept running until, when it was exhausted and panting, it entered its burrow. Then the earth said to it: O fox, my debt? So it came out (of the burrow) running swiftly, and this kept happening until its neck broke and it died."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب السين / 6892